Mojitos & Museums

Hello everyone! I've been told by a certain aunt of mine that I don't write in my blog often enough, so I figured I'd at least do a brief entry today. The pic that you see at the left is from Thursday night at a bar with a few friends (that's the 10 euro mojito Titi!) It looks sort of brown in the pic but I think that's because of the reflection of my shirt through the glass; it was actually a perfect clear green-tinted color and was DELICIOUS. So as far as this weekend goes, I mostly just tried to be outside and enjoy the sunny weather. On Friday I went to the farmer's market that comes to my neighborhood once a week. It was so cool - I was tempted to take pics but didn't want to get more weird looks than I already do, lol. The market was great, tons of fruits and veggies everywhere for really low prices, and you can bargain. I bought apples, cucumbers, strawberries, and grapefruit. The strawberries are seriously the sweetest I've ever had. Friday afternoon my friends Jess and Sierra and I went to the Benaki Museum, which was SO cool. Unfortunately they don't allow cameras inside so I have no pics, but take my word for it - the museum was fantastic. Its collection ranges from the Neolithic period all the way to the 19th century. It's really great, you go from Cycladic figurines and Bronze Age vases to Byzantine coins and early Christian paintings all the way to preserved clothing from the 18th and 19th centuries. We actually plan on going back because the museum closed before we were finished.

Saturday I mostly just hung out with my friends, and took a trip to a supermarket I had heard about. I actually cooked dinner Saturday night, go me!! It was my first time making real food since I've been here. I decided it was time to lay off the cereal, LOL. Major good news, by the way (drumroll please) : I'm going to Rome for spring break!! My friends and I booked our airfare Saturday afternoon, and did hostel reservations as well. I'm SO excited - most of you guys know how obsessed I am with going to Italy. It seems like it's going to be a pretty inexpensive trip, the airfare and hostel are cheap so I'll mostly just have to bring money for food. I'm going to try to be really frugal with what I spend here up until then so that I can have some savings. Luckily I'm also going to be doing some babysitting so that should help as well.

Anyway, I'm at the library with the intention of getting some homework done so I better go. I definitely got here at 3 and it's already 4:30...
Ciao everyone!
Mari