It's official, I have entered the world of blogging! Although most people know about Rusty and I moving to Greece, I will quickly catch up those who haven't heard. Rusty graduated in April with his degree in Economics. He wanted to continue with his volleyball career, so throughout summer he spoke with different coaches, agents, and contacts he had to find a professional team in need of a middle blocker. Rusty was offered a position on a team in Lamia, Greece and we could not have been more excited! About a month and a half later we were packing our bags and saying goodbye to our family and friends for the next eight months! The volleyball season will go until April, so we will be back home for summer. I was sad to say goodbye, but also excited for our new adventure!
We had two layovers; one in Texas, where we went straight from one plane to the next and then one in London, which was four hours. We arrived in Greece late Wednesday night. While sitting at baggage claim, we began to realize we had only seen one of our four suitcases and the suitcases on the conveyor belt were dwindling down. We spoke to an employee at the airport who informed us that our other three bags had not made it in time for our connection from Texas to London. She said they would come on the next flight and that they would send them to the bus stop in Lamia. She said they would call when the bags had been delivered. Of course the one bag we had was Rusty's and the only thing I packed on my carry on was shoes haha. I was worried because we don't have phones that work, so I wasn't sure how we would know they were at the bus stop.
A guy named Costas picked Rusty and I up from the airport. He is in his mid twenties and is on Greece's national track team. He was nice and answered a lot of the questions Rusty and I had about the team and the area. Costas lives in Athens and Lamia is about 2.5 hours north of Athens, so he dropped us off at the bus stop. We had just missed a bus to Lamia, so we had to wait an hour and a half for the next bus. We got on to the bus, and about 3 hours later we had made it to Lamia!
When we got off the bus, we saw 4 men there to pick us up. The vice president of the volleyball team, Dimitrius, his two friends, and Jay Petty, the only other American on the team, who Rusty actually played club volleyball with in high school. They took us to get food at a gyro place. Even though it was 12:30am on a Wednesday night, lots of people were out eating and hanging out. Once we had finished eating, they took us to our apartment, showed us around, gave us the keys, and said goodbye.
Entrance to our Apartment
Little Kitchen- Even the oven and the fridge are small!
Little Bathroom
Bedroom
The Patio- There are no dryers in Greece so we have our own drying rack!
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