Back to Boston :C We came as strangers, but we leave as family. In a blink of an eye we were back in the place we started. Who knew two weeks would go by so fast, and how much we were able to fit in! Getting barley any sleep was worth it. At the beginning… Read More Day 14: Back to Reality

Cooking Class in Athens After the usual morning we had our final activity, which was a cooking lesson. Many dishes were prepared. From spinach pie, filled eggplant, etc. Before making the dishes we went to the Greek meat market and saw vendor selling all types of meat, which was hard for me since we saw… Read More Day 13: Cooking Class in Athens

Last Day in Spetses and back to Athens The final day in Spetses and we decided to swim and have lunch in the town. Time flies when you’re having a fun and surrounded with fun people. No matter where we go in Greece we always find kind people who go above and beyond with their… Read More Day 12: Last Day in Spetses and Back to Athens

Spetses and Boubalina’s Museum! As time keeps moving forward it reminds me that we’re even closer to going back home. This was good for all of us, it felt like a escape from our realities even if it was just for a moment. I have gotten so close to amazing people. Everyone has such a… Read More Day 11: Spetses and Boubalina’s Museum!

Ancient Greek Theather and Syntagma Square Another early morning yet worth it. Aside from the usual breakfast in the morning we headed to Epidaurus to explore the ancient theater where they conducted many plays from drama, comedy, satire etc. Once again it baffles me how people back then were able to build such structures without… Read More Day 10: Ancient Greek Theather and Syntagma Square

Winery and Mycenae! Yet again we left another hotel this time it was Delphi. Felt like a rockstar touring around with all the moving we were doing. The trip was so jam packed that we didn’t get much sleep. I can’t complain since we were in Greece at the moment. After breakfast we got on… Read More Day 9: Visiting a Winery and Mycenae!

Delphi and Archelogical Sites Today marks a week since we’ve been here and it feels like a month ( in the best way possible. Why does it sound like I’m lost at sea every time I start these blog post? Anyways coming into this I didn’t know how I was going to react coming to… Read More Day 8: Delphi and Archelogical Sites

Contemporary Greek Culture! Like every other place in the world Athens had its street artist… You guessed it we went on a Graffiti tour around the city. It reminded me a lot of New York. There is meaningless art and ones that have a meaning or a certain message they are trying to convey. In… Read More Day 7: Contemporary Greek Culture

FREE DAY = AEGINA ISLAND!!! On today adventure we had a free day! No class or lecture to attend made me feel like it was a actual vacation. We all unanimously decided to go to Aegina island. Located approximately two hours off the coast of Athens. Our day started off by navigating through the train… Read More Day 6: FREE DAY= AEGINA ISLAND

Service Learning As I walked to the site of the local newspaper, I was not sure about my expectations or the impact I was going make in the community. The only thing I knew before arriving the building was that we were visiting a nonprofit newspaper that works to help homeless people. When we arrived… Read More Day 5: Service Learning