October

Sorry it's been so long since my last post but the week just got away from me. Time is moving ridiculously fast, as it always seems to do. I have been here exactly a month today! My teacher's are already preparing us for midterms which is annoying since I'm only here to have fun right?! I have a couple weeks to prepare still so I'm sure it'll be fine.

Last weekend was our island trip, which needless to say was incredible. Mykonos was not as lively as it is in the middle of summer but the bars were still packed and we had a great time. We met a lot of really cool people on our trip. We also had to take a small detour to the hospital in Mykonos which taught me that I love American hospitals and I'm thankful that trip wasn't for me. There were stray dogs in the hospital room (if you could call it that really) and we just walked out the back door when we were ready to leave. It was an experience though. Then, Santorini was more relaxed but so much fun as well. We went to black sand beach which was gorgeous. We also visited red rock beach - we rented ATV's to get there so that was a lot of fun too. Our hostels in both places were much nicer than I expected so that made things easier. My favorite part was probably going to Oia, Santorini (pronounced ee-ah) to watch the sunset. People from all over the world go there every single night to catch the amazing view. I wish I could see it every night, there was really nothing else like it. Our ferry ride back on Sunday night took 10 hours (midnight-10) and we were all very ready to go to our own beds and sleep all day monday.

The last few days this week have been quite chilly. I think it'll warm up again soon, but it is beginning to cool down overall. I don't mind it though because it's been scorching hot the past month and I'm ready for sweaters and boots! I am bummed about missing cider and pumpkin coffee season however. I think we are going to try to go to the Acropolis and the Acropolis museum this Sunday which I've been wanting to do since I got here.

I'll post again sooner than I have been. Happy October malakas!