Monday 6.14: The View From the Top

Because MEDASSET is a small non-profit organization, it depends on volunteers to do the gritty day-to-day stuff (drafting letters, running errands, etc.). The international volunteers actually have a pretty good set-up, with a room inside the office complete with utilities and food people leave in the office. The office itself is in Kolonaki, which is pretty close to Syntagma, the center of the Metro system, and travel around the city by Metro is pretty straightforward. Thus, many volunteers decide to come for a month or so to work with MEDASSET and explore Athens and then go on with their lives.

Monday was Weike's last day here, so we went out to walk around Plaka and ended up having dinner at Daphne's! It was a very cute venue, pink tablecloths and cushy chairs, and a bit on the pricy side, but we figured we'd splurge a little anyways. The food was, in FullAndHappyAngelaSpeak: delicious nom nom. Just saying, the octopus is fantastic. Highly recommended. Yummy. :) Also mousaka. Mmmmm...mousaka....

I'm not really a foodpr0n kind of person, but since it's on my list,

Question: WHY AM I SO SHINY???
Answer: It's been consistently in the upper 90s degree-wise for the past couple of days (mostly around 99 for those who are curious). For those who speak °C, in the mid to upper 30s, which is ridiculously hot. Like...body temperature fever hot. *fans vigorously and gets hotter from the action of fanning*

Thus, another item crossed off the list.

6. Eat at Daphne's

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After dinner we took a walk to Filipappou Hill, which has the best view of the whole of Athens that I've seen so far. It was incredibly peaceful because no one seemed to want to go to the top of that hill for some reason, and the one sorta creepy guy that I was watching out of the corner of my eye left after about 5 minutes. I couldn't get any great pictures of the view because it was getting dark already but it's a project to get up there before 8:30 and watch the sun set. After all, this is where postcards are made.

There was, however, an exceptional view of the Acropolis lit up in the dark. Perhaps a little blurry, but even if it was clear, nothing really beats seeing the view firsthand.

Here's a better resolution view of the Parthenon from a cafe/restaurant/bar. It's all aglow!

With that, the night ends. As the World Cup game concludes behind us [BY THE WAY GREECE FREAKING WON TODAY....WAT.] and the Acropolis shines above, I've got to say, the view from the top is pretty darned awesome.

Yiamas,

Angela