Third Time's a Charm!

Great news: I finally mastered the transportation system. Morgan, Erika and I went to downtown Athens to visit the Museum of Greek Popular Music Instruments before class. This trip required us to ask for directions in Greek multiple times because apparently Greeks just like to pass you along to the next person to ask for directions again. For example, this is how most of our conversations would go (but in Greek):
Me: Where is the Museum of Greek Musical Instruments?
Greek person: Go right and then left, follow the fence then ask someone else.
And then I would go to the next person and they would direct me a little further and then tell me to ask someone else. It seemed like we were being led on a wild goose chase until eventually we found it. At least I got some good practice asking for directions! 

Outside of the Museum.

 The museum was comprised of a collection of about 1200 Greek popular musical instruments dating from the 18th century to the present day. Along with displays of the instruments, headphone sets allow the visitor to listen to musical examples of the sound, musical range, playing techniques and combinations of the displayed instruments. Walking around and listening to the different headsets really had me wishing I was musically gifted. The sounds were just so beautiful and engaging. I could have listened to the drums and guitars play all day!

Morgan enjoying the sound of the drums.

One things about the Greek transportation system: no one is in a rush. There is no schedule to meet, it's not the end of the world if the buses aren't on time. Which we learned as we almost missed our class. The transportation system reflects the culture here, laid-back.

The 407 bus: it's like two buses held together by an accordion-looking contraption.