Where has my money gone!!?

Tuesday night some girls from our program told us about a jazz club that is downtown that they were going to. We called to make reservations but they told us that they were filled up! But then our neighbor called and spoke Greek to them and got us right in. It was great. He even drove us so we didn't have to take a taxi! The place was called hussle and it was very fancy. We all got very dressed up and felt pretty classy. Hussle is a restaurant/bar/lounge, and the music was awesome. The only down part was that it is extremely expensive to go out pretty much anywhere around here. We all ordered a chocolate cake with ice cream and a vodka expresso and those 2 things cost us 16.50 Euros!!! It is hard to avoid these high costs with anything that we do.

Wednesday Kell and I have class together during the late morning...Gender in Literature! So thrilling. I guess we are just going to read a bunch of short stories and talk about gender issues that occur in them. It seems like it will be pretty easy. All of the classes are taught in English here but it seems as though there are more than a few students who struggle with this and would feel more comfortable speaking Greek. In this way, it kind of makes it easier for us since we obviously know English (haha). Today I went to the gym for the first time. Its really small and there is one treadmill, one elliptical, and a bike, but it doesn't ever get very crowded so I got to run for a little bit to get some exercise around here. It would also be nice to run around this area outside, but I never see any1 at all doing that. Exercise must not be a very common thing here. Later on Kelley, Martin, his friend, and I went out to a club called Scorpio downtown. It was free admission and we don't have class on Thursdays so we decided to go! Wednesday is actually a very big "going out" night. The music was great but the club was very crowded I guess because it was free! The club is free because they charge 6 Euros for beer and 8 Euros for a cocktail! We passed on that offer. A bunch of people were there from our program. One bad thing though is that EVERYONE smokes, and does not feel bad about doing it on the dancefloor and blowing it in your face. We have to drink lots of water when we get home to clear our throats.