I wish I new the word for hello in Greek but I have only learned efaristo, which mean thank you. So efaristo for reading.

I have been in Greece now for 6 days. I arrived on Wednesday morning after a long flight from Toronto to New York and then straight to Athens. I didn't get to see much of Athens my first day because I was so tired and once I got to the hostel I slept for 3 hours in this random smelly room. My friend was supposed to meet me there but she actually went to the airport to get me so after 6 hours in Athens sleeping and wandering the streets, eating some interesting feta pastry, I went back to the airport to meet my leader Paul.

We then met up with an American man living in Greece who took us to our accomodations in a small town called Porto Rafti. As much as I wanted to be in Athens, Porto Rafti is incredibly beautiful. It is your typical Mediterranean town, with its small harbor full of boats, white, yellow and pink square houses lining the hillsides and cafe's all along the water where you can ejoy a Greek coffee (iced with steamed milk) or Bailey's latte.

This weekend I had the chance to pop into Athens for a couple hours. What an amazing city, ancient meets modern. I can't believe that this is the place that Paul preached thousands of years ago and now there are cobble stone streets filled with people shopping for the latest European fashion.

Well the school is off to a great start, our first day and I am so stoked to dive into the word for the next 3 months in places that Jesus and the Apostles walked this earth.