Today started with me taking my first independent bus ride into Athens alone. I knew which bus to catch, and how to catch it. I waved my hand out to the approaching 308 Bus and rode it to Aghia Paraskevi, which I recognised by the old Church. I disembarked here, and walked up the street to the internet café that Despo and I found yesterday. I logged onto Tomb Raider Forums, my personal forum FF4ever, and MSN to keep in touch with my friends back home in Australia, my online friends who I wish to meet, and most importantly, Agnes. I got an e-mail from her which told me that she can come to Greece during Christmas. This made my day! I also got two private messages, one from Ada and one from Angeliki. I gave all of my Greek friends my phone number.
After chatting with a few of my friends, and posting on the forum, I logged off and paid €2,50 for the internet. I caught the bus back to Despo’s place. Soon, I will learn how to get around more places by bus, including travelling to and from Menidi, where my Grandmother and Parry live.
Later in the afternoon, Parry came to visit. We went out to a shop called “Γερμανός” to purchase a Greek SIM card for my phone. The network was called COSMOTE. Now it is much cheaper to keep in contact with my family and friends. I can also text Agnes for the first time, as I could never text her with my Australian SIM card, and we passed on a few SMS messages.
At about 6pm, Aleko, Katerina and the kids, Kostantino and Panagioti all came to visit. It was great to see Alex and his wife again, and it was also a pleasure to see the kids for the first time. Alex was surprised with my height and how much I’ve grown, and the kids were cute and active! I held Kostantino in my arms for a while, and fiddled around with Panagioti’s hair. I watched them play around with some toys, and the other family members. I was speaking English to them, and they didn’t understand. Haha! Oh well, they didn’t stay for very long. I had some pizza to end the night, and then I went to bed, with a slight cold.
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