So, after the first night here I decided to move hostels, because despite the fact that I got a four bed room to myself, there was almost no one else in my hostel. This is great if you have a big group, but not so good if you are on your own....

Anyway, I moved to the Hostelling International Hostel just down the road (I would definately recommend this one, it's cheap, fairly nice for the price, and has a kitchenette if interested). I had been by the night before and noticed there were actually people in the lobby...as it turns out, this place was even cheaper than the place I was before and had a guy, Flethcher (different one) from Oz, who had been in Athens way too long, so he could tell me all the cool places to go.

Well, as it turns out, wine in Greece is very cheap. For a liter and a half, it costs about $3...it's not half bad and to add a bit of class it comes in a plastic bottle. Apparently, you can get some for $1.50 that doesn't even have a label on it. So yeah, a bunch of us sat up and chatted about travels and anything else that came out. One of the guys had been through Eastern Europe and had some cool stories about it...and he's actually heading to Cairo after this so I could fill him in a little bit.

I also found out this sweet place to stay in Rome. The price of the hostel includes breakfast and a yummy pasta dinner. On top of this dinner comes with all the beer you want to drink, and it's a pretty reasonable price to stay there. That should be fun.

Oh, I guess as a little aside, the plumbing all throughout SE Asia and Egypt couldn't take TP, so they had a bin beside the toilet to throw the paper in. Anyway, you would think that Greece, as a European and Western country would not have this predicament. Well, guess again, I was really surprised to see this, not that it's a problem, but it's just not something you would expect. I'm sure you all wanted to hear about that, hope you enjoyed it...

It's raining, well drizzling, a la Vancouver rain (makes me a little homesick :P), so I thinks today may be a good day to visit the museum...

Cheers,
Drew