Athens

Yesterday was amazing! I met Lauren and Anna in the morning (well, it was relatively morning) and we decided to go for something to eat the The Grit, a place in Athens co-owned by Michael Stipe. It was so good. The only intruding thing was the meth-junkie who kept coming up to our table, but when he was kicked away by some of the people who worked there it was fine (!).

After that I thought we were going to that island, but we decided to go to the Botanical Gardens instead. Now, you might think - like I did - that the Botanical Gardens would be the most boring thing you could possibly do with your time. But the Botanical Gardens in Athens are crazy! The begin as an ordinary gardens and then turns into a forest with hills, huge rocks, a long river and many strange things, like abandoned cars from the seventies and what else you can find. By this time our new friend Jesse was with us as well, and the four of us spent five hours in there climbing, walking and generally hiking all over the place. Finally we found a spot below some rocks (it was quite a mission to get down there) where we could sit right by the river. It was so incredibly relaxing and if it wasn't because we realized that the "garden" could close at any time, I suspect we'd sit there all evening.

The evening was a lot more disappointing. The drag show I was telling you about earlier sucked, and we left after half an hour of lesbians running all over a stage dressed like dudes and telling jokes that just weren't funny. Well, you can't win them all. Instead Lauren, Anna and I walked around Athens until we realized that things just aren't happening on a Wednesday night.

Tonight will hopefully be different. There's a party at Jesse's house where bands will be playing, and everyone will bring food. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.