Before I explain why sea urchins are evil, I will talk about my life in Athens. All is going pretty well studying abroad. I go to class, have Fridays off. The weekends are my favorite, we take excursions to Greek Islands or breath-taking beaches. Last weekend we took a ferry to the Greek Island of Aegena. It was gorgeous, a little marina town with impressive mountains all around. After we explored the Temple of Aphaia and had our fill at a local Taverna. It was time to head to the beach.
The water was perfect! There was a rock formation in the middle of the sea that I had to swim to and conquer. Upon approaching I saw that there was a lot of sharp rocks and.... BLACK SEA URCHINS. This did not deter my mission to stand on top of this rock formation (sadly I don't have a picture of the beach). I carefully climbed through the rocks, and bypassed many sea urchins. I was almost to the top when. CRASH, overstepped and down I went. There was a sharp, bee like sting in my left big toe. I ignored the pain and finished my mission to the top of the formation. I was the only one out of my whole group to stand up there! Anyways swam back, my toe was throbbing. Got to the beach. Looked down, and noticed that there was multiple (12 to be exact) black barbs sticking out of my foot. The site made the pain worse (ha I'm such a baby). It wasn't til later that I noticed on my right foot I have a huge gash from the rocks too.. Bad day. The day ended well, got some beer and chips. Watched the sunset. An perfect ending to an eventful day:)
And this should answer your question about why sea urchins are evil.
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| First day of school! |
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| There is a Zoo in the National Garden by our apartment! |
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| The ferry over to Aegena |
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| Temple of Aphaia |
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| Megs looking good |
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| The barb I took out of my foot. This is 1 out of 12! |
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