Looking forward to a GREAT week!

I'm finding myself heaving a huge sigh of relief this Thursday morning at 11:30. Thursdays are usually my toughest day.  I usually spend the whole day at school since my classes are sort of packed in back to back. I have Greek Language from 9:30am-11:00am, Professional Communication from 2:00pm-5:00pm and Advertising from 6:00pm-9:00pm. Today, however, is the day of annual student protests, so because of demonstrations that are all throughout the "center" today (Syntagma, marching to the US Embassy) our evening classes are cancelled. I just finished a Greek quiz (yikes!) and finished booking hostels for a trip I am taking to London and Paris in a couple of weeks. 

In London we're staying at the Astor Quest Hostel.

In Paris we're staying at the 3Ducks Hostel. (Pretty goofy name, I think!)

Anyway... Personally, I'm really glad to have that booking over with. I always worry that we will miss out on the hostels we have in mind if we don't get our names in the book... so it's a relief to have those done! I'll let you know how these hostels turn out, of course, as soon as I'm back from the trip!

The OTHER reason I'm so excited to have these bookings done is because it means I won't have to think about them when my FAMILY ARRIVES on Sunday!!! Whaaawhoo!!! I am so excited to share Athens with them (and Meteora and Corinth!) and to be able to simply spend time with them. I always think about how blessed I am to have a family that I love to be around and spend time with! I know not everyone can say that and I can say it boldly! (I'm also looking forward to the treats mom is bringing with her from home! Crunchy peanut butter included!... we pay about 7 dollars (5 euro) for an 8 or 12 oz jar of peanut butter in Athens... so it's quite a luxury!

Also.. a little side note and something that I'm really pretty proud of! Yesterday I made English Muffins from scratch! English muffins cannot be found in Greece and I LOVE them, so I decided to try out a recipe I found from BudgetBytes. They had nooks and crannies and everything!

Have a great weekend, everyone!