I can’t believe
there are only eleven days left until I go home, which means only fourteen days
until Christmas! Since it is my absolute favorite holiday, I’ve been excited to
experience some Christmas spirit here in Athens. Although Easter is celebrated
more in Greece than Christmas is, I’ve still seen some balconies decorated with
strings of lights and storefronts painted red and green. I especially feel like
Christmas is close when I walk down Ermou Street in Syntagma (a very popular
shopping destination). Since the stores there are more main-stream, most of
them are filled with Christmas decorations. To really get into the Christmas
spirit, my housemates and I decided to do a secret santa and have a Christmas
party. I even bought a tiny Christmas tree (well, a bush)! We had a
great time celebrating Christmas early in Greece and giving each other our
secret santa presents! I’m also planning on taking a cooking lesson later this
week where I’ll learn how to make some traditional Greek Christmas cookies!
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| Our mini Christmas tree/bush |
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| Rose opening her gift! |
Since I now have less than two weeks
left in Athens, I decided to check off a few last minute things on my list of
places to visit. This past weekend, I finally had a chance to spend a few hours
at the Byzantine and Christianity Museum. What I loved most about this museum was
the huge amount of Byzantine Icons they have in their collection. Almost an
entire floor of the museum is dedicated to these paintings! Below are some
pictures of a few of my favorites. The museum also had a special exhibit on the
origins of book making and book binding which was also very interesting.
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| I'm going to miss those mountains |
I’ll be writing one more blog post
sometime next week before I leave Athens. My time here has flown by and it will
be a bittersweet day when I have to make my last trip up to the Acropolis. I’ll
make one final update next week with some last thoughts and pictures. Until
then, enjoy the Christmas pics above!
Sam
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