Elevated 300 meters above sea level, the village of Lefkes is home to a remaining handful of Parians offering their hospitality and wares. Luke, Andy, Professor William, and I explored the alleyways for a route to the church of Agia Triada. The church’s spires were the focus of the village center, and could be seen… Read more »
Month: May 2016
Red and Black
According to our plan for this three-day holiday, we spent our last day in Santorini. After a full day, there were still two famous beaches we wanted to visit, which were different from a normal beach. The walk from our hotel to the black beach only took three minutes. It’s called the black beach, because… Read more »
Cyclades experience
The Cyclades are beautiful, it’s a simple as that. Five of us have been to Mykonos and Santorini the past two days and both were more beautiful than I imagined. Santorini is incredible. Today we took a tour of the islands, consisting of hiking a live volcano, swimming in natural volcanic hot springs, riding a… Read more »
Holiday
A three-day weekend was carved out of our very busy work schedule for whatever we wanted to do, time permitting (thank you, Albert and Thomas!). Four of my classmates and I decided to take a trip through the Aegean Sea to Mykonos and Santorini. I am writing this blog post on the ferry to Santorini… Read more »
The Greek experience
Almost a week and a half has passed since we arrived here in Paros. Since that time we have worked steadily on our projects, making progress on them one day at a time. Although we were mostly strangers at the beginning of this trip, we have started to get to know each other and have… Read more »
One week in Paros
So, the blog has made the rounds through everybody else in the class and back to me. And, seeing as how today has been rather uneventful, I’ll delve into my impressions of Paros since my arrival last week. I’d say that my favorite thing about the island is just moving around. The weather is amazing… Read more »
Filming for the culture
Who wakes up early with an agenda for the day, stays up late and works until it’s done? We do, IUPUI study abroad students. Starting schoolwork early on a sunny day may not be exciting for the regular student. But, we are not regular students in a regular classroom, we are on the beautiful island… Read more »
The King Under the Mountain
Near Marathi, at the base of the Paros island mountains, a king now sleeps. The King has not always slept; aroused, his influence stretched across millennia. At the peak of the King’s authority, all of Hellenic civilization pursued his favor. The God of Love, Aphrodite, sought his perfection so as to imitate it. Nike, the… Read more »
Rolling sound, rolling cameras, and action
On this beautiful and peaceful island, walking in the sun, with the wind blowing in from the Aegean Sea, everything feels slow, as if time has stretched. It is hard to imagine we have been here for just 5 days, but in a good way. But our work is not progressing slowly. We started earlier… Read more »
Exploring Parikia
Today I discovered the true beauty of the island of Paros. I lazily woke up around noon and decided to run along the coast. I stumbled up a beach which led me to a rocky coast with cliffs. I was intrigued and explored some more. Marble covered the beaches and cliffs with the mountains off… Read more »