Lately...

On Wednesday I spent the day in classes as usual. Some of us went out to an Italian restaurant called Marzano’s for dinner before meeting up with the Marines at a taverna. We didn’t stay there long before we left for Reckless, another bar.

On Thursday we had a “meat feast” at school because it was the last day anyone who is Greek Orthodox could eat meat before Easter. That night Alex, Becky and I went to a party to meet up with a bunch of other European exchange students. It was really cool because there were people there from so many other countries. We hung out there for a while before we all left for a club called Vivendi.

Friday was pretty much the same. We went to another house a bunch of the international kids living in, and hung out there for a while before we went out to Bling and met up with everyone else. We had another VIP room and champagne - because we’re all so high class like that.

On Saturday we took a GLS trip to the Turkish side of Cyprus. We had to be at school and on the bus at 9 a.m. so that was kind of rough seeing as how I got 2 hours of sleep the night before. The bus ended up being an hour late, and finally we crossed into the Turkish side of Nicosia.

Things are completely different there. It was really weird to think that we were still in the same city. Anyways, we walked around and saw the Venetian Walls from the other side, St. Sophia Cathedral, which is now a mosque, another Turkish bath, and an open air market.

We got back on the bus and went to Saint Hilarion castle in Kyrenia, a city on the water…amazing! We went inside for a few minutes just to see the view of the sea and mountains, and town below. It was absolutely beautiful…I’ve been waiting to see that water . We drove down to Kyrenia and some of us ate lunch at an outdoor restaurant by the water. It was a great day to be outside and have some fresh seafood.

Lunch took longer than expected so when we finally got to Kyrenia Castle, our second castle of the day, we only had a few minutes to look around. It was also huge, and there was a Shipwreck Museum inside where we saw the remains of the only preserved wreck on the Mediterranean.

We drove to Bellapais Abbey where we saw the Abbey itself and walked around the little village for a bit. By this time we were all beat and got back on the bus to head home.

The bus had to be inspected before we entered the Greek side of the island again. We got home, sat down on our couches, and ordered pizza for the house. That night I was so tired I just showered and watched a movie in bed. There was no way I could go out for another night in a row.

Sunday was our day off as usual. Since we still didn’t have internet in the house we couldn’t really get any schooly work done, so Ruth, Lauren, Erin and I took a walk through a few of the neighborhoods around our house. The houses are all pretty much gorgeous here, and it was pretty much the nicest day ever outside. Erin and I got gyros for lunch and sat outside for lunch while some of the others attempted to tan. We ended up at a local bar, Ivanhoe’s, where we could get free internet so we could all check our email and do some homework. After wards I had some salad for dinner…ps - parentals, its okay to eat it here…and hung out with a friend for the rest of the night.

So that’s basically my life lately. I go to class all day and go out all night, and go on trips on the weekends. It’s pretty okay…at least it’s not snowing .