OMG

Definitely just had the best week of my life. It started with a 5 hour train ride to Mt. Olympus, which we happened to get last minute “seats” on (sitting on the floor outside of the bathroom). However, we later managed to grab real seats with some Greek guys playing chess in the cafeteria. The Greek chess players, I will call them, spoke pretty great English and told us all about the cool places to go. They also mentioned how they liked our very white teeth. We also played a four-way game of chess that got pretty intense. My team won…of course. In the midst of our new friends we were also enjoying the most beautiful sights I have ever seen outside the window. My fellow Harry Potter fans, it was the train ride to Hogwarts. We arrived at our stop and said goodbye to our Greek chess players, who asked us for our emails (still haven’t received any mail).Once we arrived at our stop, we needed to find our way to the bus station. Luckily, we met this awesome old man who hopped on his bike, with cigarette in hand, and kindly guided us all the way to the bus station.

Climbing Mt. Olympus was indescribable, and I recommend that any who haven’t get on a plane ASAP. There was something so much more than feeling accomplished that took place on that adventure. As Dustin would say it was filled with a few of those moments in life that you will remember always, and change you forever.

Kelsey McDonnough