The 1971-72 Global
Semester, Day by Day
Tuesday, August 31, 1971
Our hotel room (Hotel Acadimos) is much bigger than the one
in Rome.
It has its own bathroom and a
balcony. It’s clean except for the floor, which looks
pretty scuzzy, and the rugs, which are dirty. The door
locks with a skeleton key and it’s all hacked up like it’s
been broken into. The restaurant is nice. It is larger than
the one in Rome and the waiters are very business-like and
slightly obnoxious. Dinner was soup, beef, potatoes (fried
in chunks), and ice cream. We walked around outside
tonight. The squares and fountains in the city are modern
ones decorated by flowers and surrounded by modern
buildings with neon signs – very colorful ones.
Wednesday, September 1,
1971
Breakfast like Rome – rolls and jelly and coffee or tea. We
had to pay extra for orange juice. We went on a bus tour
from 9:30 to noon, mainly of the Acropolis.
Lunch at the hotel was macaroni
and cheese, chicken, greasy french fries, carrots and peas,
and tomatoes and cucumbers, and watermelon. At 2:30 this
afternoon we left for Cape Sounion where the Temple of
Poseidon is located. It was about 48 miles and took about
1-1/2 hours. We sat on the beach for 2 hours.
Thursday, September 2, 1971
We have to leave Athens a day
earlier than originally planned because the flight from
Jerusalem to Addis Ababa has been moved up a day. So we
won’t get to have a free day in Athens.
We walked to the National Archaeological Museum in the
morning. Left for the airport at 1:15 PM. It was raining
when we left. Our flight was delayed so we got into Tel
Aviv at sunset, about 6:30 PM.