Cannot believe it's already here! I feel like I've been waiting for this day forever! I finally have all of my stuff together, printed out all of my confirmation letters (TWICE!) & have my passport, copies of my passport, etc.! Also, my chargers for my phone/camera, my ipod, the essentials. Everything I need hopefully. I've been trying to pack & surprisingly it's going pretty well for only bringing a carry on. I even have extra room so I can bring things home! Can't wait! I won't see anyone from Thessaloniki for 2 and a half weeks, so weird!
Anyway, so here are my plans:
Friday morning (tomorrow!) I'm going with my friend to Halkidiki (it's supposed to be the beautiful beaches close to Thessaloniki) because I'm not leaving for my real spring break until Sunday & everyone else will be gone, so we decided this would be a good idea. Plus, he has a house there & it's only about an hour drive. Plus, I'll get some sun before spring break!
Sunday, I leave for Paris around 10:30 am. I arrive in Milan at 12 & have an 8 hour layover...so I'm gonna have to do something to occupy myself (guessing that won't be too hard!). Then I leave for Paris around 8 & arrive around 10. I will be staying in a hostel (by myself...ugh) because Natashya is staying with her host family. I'm just going to try to make her come stay with me a couple nights...I mean my hostel has a bar. Just saying. She also has classes still while I'm there, so some of it I will be exploring myself, but she is gonna skip a day to show me around too.
We both leave Thursday night around 8 pm for Barcelona! We get to Barcelona around 9:30. We are meeting up with our friend Craig & his girlfriend & his friend. We leave Sunday at 6 am. Yes, I said 6 am....so I'm thinking we're just going to pull an all nighter? So much easier...
Sunday we leave 6 am and head to Rome. We'll get there around 7:30 am. This is definitely one of the cities I'm most excited for. There's so much to do and see in Rome, I'm going to go crazy! It'll be just me & Natashya from here on out...wish us luck!
We leave Wednesday morning at 9:45 for Cinque Terre by train & we will get there around 1:45 pm (after 2 stops I think it is). Not many people have heard of this, but it's supposed to be everyone's favorite place to visit. Literally, I've talked to like 5 people & they all said hands down this is the best place. It has 5 villages all in walking distance & supposed to have some good hiking. We'll see if we get around to that...otherwise it has beautiful scenery. Only problem is that it's kind of hard to get to. We get dropped off from Rome at La Spezia Centrale & then we are supposed to try to find a local train into Cinque Terre. I'm hoping someone will be able to help us when we get there. It better be worth it!
We leave Cinque Terre Saturday by train at noon & arrive in Venice around 6 pm. Long train ride with 2 transfers...Thing I'm most excited about for Venice? Gondola. I'm making Natashya do a romantic ride with me, I don't care!
We finally leave Venice by train Tuesday around 8 pm. This is giong to be an awkward way back, but there are no (cheap) flights from Venice to Thessaloniki. So, we are taking the train to Milan (we will arrive there around 10;30) then we have to leave Milan at like 6 am for Thessaloniki. I think we're just going to stay out all night instead of getting a hostel (just thinking about saving money mom!) We will finally arrive back in Thessaloniki around 9 am, just in time for me to run back home & catch a bus to my classes (well, depending on how long it takes I might miss my first class).
Natashya is going to stay with me until the weekend I think then. I'm not sure what her plans are yet. But, I'm excited to show her around & to be reunited with my roommate for 3 full weeks! Unreal! After spring break, I have 2 weekends back in Thessaloniki, one in Amsterdam, one climbing Mt. Olympus & then the last weekend in Thessaloniki & I'm off to the islands for 13 days & finally back home. Can't believe how fast this trip is going. From here on out, it's going to fly by!
I am not bringing my iPad with me, it's too delicate to try to carry around with me all day & I would not dare leave it at the hostel (in a locker or not!) So I'll have my iPod to quickly update my facebook to tell my sister I'm alright so she will hopefully relay the message to mom. I have a free-text app too that I'll probably be frequently letting my mom know I'm okay. If you don't hear from me every 3 days though, call someone! Just kidding! :)
Anyway, so here are my plans:
Friday morning (tomorrow!) I'm going with my friend to Halkidiki (it's supposed to be the beautiful beaches close to Thessaloniki) because I'm not leaving for my real spring break until Sunday & everyone else will be gone, so we decided this would be a good idea. Plus, he has a house there & it's only about an hour drive. Plus, I'll get some sun before spring break!
Sunday, I leave for Paris around 10:30 am. I arrive in Milan at 12 & have an 8 hour layover...so I'm gonna have to do something to occupy myself (guessing that won't be too hard!). Then I leave for Paris around 8 & arrive around 10. I will be staying in a hostel (by myself...ugh) because Natashya is staying with her host family. I'm just going to try to make her come stay with me a couple nights...I mean my hostel has a bar. Just saying. She also has classes still while I'm there, so some of it I will be exploring myself, but she is gonna skip a day to show me around too.
We both leave Thursday night around 8 pm for Barcelona! We get to Barcelona around 9:30. We are meeting up with our friend Craig & his girlfriend & his friend. We leave Sunday at 6 am. Yes, I said 6 am....so I'm thinking we're just going to pull an all nighter? So much easier...
Sunday we leave 6 am and head to Rome. We'll get there around 7:30 am. This is definitely one of the cities I'm most excited for. There's so much to do and see in Rome, I'm going to go crazy! It'll be just me & Natashya from here on out...wish us luck!
We leave Wednesday morning at 9:45 for Cinque Terre by train & we will get there around 1:45 pm (after 2 stops I think it is). Not many people have heard of this, but it's supposed to be everyone's favorite place to visit. Literally, I've talked to like 5 people & they all said hands down this is the best place. It has 5 villages all in walking distance & supposed to have some good hiking. We'll see if we get around to that...otherwise it has beautiful scenery. Only problem is that it's kind of hard to get to. We get dropped off from Rome at La Spezia Centrale & then we are supposed to try to find a local train into Cinque Terre. I'm hoping someone will be able to help us when we get there. It better be worth it!
We leave Cinque Terre Saturday by train at noon & arrive in Venice around 6 pm. Long train ride with 2 transfers...Thing I'm most excited about for Venice? Gondola. I'm making Natashya do a romantic ride with me, I don't care!
We finally leave Venice by train Tuesday around 8 pm. This is giong to be an awkward way back, but there are no (cheap) flights from Venice to Thessaloniki. So, we are taking the train to Milan (we will arrive there around 10;30) then we have to leave Milan at like 6 am for Thessaloniki. I think we're just going to stay out all night instead of getting a hostel (just thinking about saving money mom!) We will finally arrive back in Thessaloniki around 9 am, just in time for me to run back home & catch a bus to my classes (well, depending on how long it takes I might miss my first class).
Natashya is going to stay with me until the weekend I think then. I'm not sure what her plans are yet. But, I'm excited to show her around & to be reunited with my roommate for 3 full weeks! Unreal! After spring break, I have 2 weekends back in Thessaloniki, one in Amsterdam, one climbing Mt. Olympus & then the last weekend in Thessaloniki & I'm off to the islands for 13 days & finally back home. Can't believe how fast this trip is going. From here on out, it's going to fly by!
I am not bringing my iPad with me, it's too delicate to try to carry around with me all day & I would not dare leave it at the hostel (in a locker or not!) So I'll have my iPod to quickly update my facebook to tell my sister I'm alright so she will hopefully relay the message to mom. I have a free-text app too that I'll probably be frequently letting my mom know I'm okay. If you don't hear from me every 3 days though, call someone! Just kidding! :)
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