Our study abroad semester is starting to come to an end and realizing that hit me pretty fast. I quickly realized how much I have to do in less than a week: a 5 page paper and 2 documentaries. But I’m perfectly fine with it; I’m on an island in Greece. It’s very relaxing here… Read more »

Sunday marked less than a week before the trip is over, but it was also our kayaking and snorkeling trip. For many, this adventure was their first time, but the thought of a new excursion excited me. So, nine of us traveled to Naousa, at the northern end of the island, where we met with… Read more »

There is only one week left for us in Paros. It was a little over two weeks ago that I stepped foot on the plane from Louisville to begin this journey, but It feels like it was yesterday. With each passing day I am feeling more and more at home here in the Aegean. It… Read more »

Today, the whole lot of us got to visit the Sanctuary of Despotiko, the archaeological site that I am currently working on recreating in 3D. I touched briefly on the island of Despotiko in my last blog, but did not describe it. The island is almost entirely uninhabited, apart from a goatherd, and the landscape… Read more »

One day we were strangers, classmates, now we can call each other friends! As we have spent a lot of time together we have had meetings, tried new foods, sweated together, gotten lost, lived in the same villa, and now we are coming together as groups to create great projects. From here on out we… Read more »

 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »