Mr. Schmoozer and a Rose

Today was nice. I slept in until 10:30AM, went for a walk to Starbucks (don't roll your eyes!), read a nice email from my person and chatted to some friends back home who apparently don't sleep!

I stayed in town today and ventured into Athens before meeting up with my friend Melina. I did some tourist shopping in the Plaka, got a frappe and stared at the beautiful Acropolis. When 3:30 kicked around, I took the metro to Monastiraki Station where we had settled to meet --- BUENO! There was Melina!

Being a local, she knew where to catch a nice glimpse of the Acropolis from afar while enjoying (yes, another) COLD frappe in this blistering heat -- even at 4PM. We chatted and gossiped our hearts away for hours until hunger set in.

Monastiraki is beautiful --- but when the sun sets --- MUCHA BELLA! We ate at a taverna, where I had my beloved pastitsio, while Melina had chicken souvlaki. Yes, I also had TZAZIKI and we split a Greek Salad --- POLI KALA!

The owner (I presume he was the owner) kept schmoozing in customers and Melina...It was funny, and cute. I only caught glimpses of the conversations --- he came by our table quite often!
Melina and I talked our hearts away here too and before leaving, the owner gave us both roses. Except, little did I know that Melina had told him that I had a boyfriend --- NOT MY WORDS, but daksi, daksi.
So, apparently, my rose came from my boyfriend... Ha. Ha.

The walk back to the metro station was beautiful --- Athens had come to life:
People were eating at every restaurant, the cobblestone streets were lit up by the shop lights and in the background: the Acropolis, lit up like we've all seen in the postcards... BUT SO MUCH MORE OMORFI!

It was so nice to chill out and hang out with a friend in a foreign country --- I loved it.  Melina's such good company and a great person -- -we made plans for tomorrow to add more fun to everything!

Until tomorrow, my homeslices, Kali Nikhta <3