Today marks the end of our three-day weekend. Our day started at 8 am with breakfast at our hotel, Caldera Butterfly Villa in Santorini. The owner of the hotel is a petite Latina lady named Margarita. She took care of our taxi calls and recommended the best locations to watch the sunset and beaches. Margarita… Read more »
Entries by almwilli
“Mykonos”
It was a little cloudy this morning. After having some bread for breakfast, it was drizzling on our way back to the hotel. Although it was a dull start, we knew it wouldn’t be a gloomy day. Today was the first day of our three-day break. Most of us were traveling to Mykonos this weekend… Read more »
“Saturday”
Today, of course, is Saturday. All of the students were off at another place, so we started our day around noon by getting on the ferry to Antiparos. Thomas and Wen were with us, along with my mom, Joy, and my dad, Albert. We then got off and drove up to the cave of Antiparos… Read more »
“It’s the little things”
Today was a typical work day. I woke up early, grouched a bit, went to get coffee and then headed up to the school by 9:00 am. Once I arrived at school, I went around to inquire what everyone planned to do today. The video team (Thomas, Andy, Jiachi, Sheheryar, and Osvaldo) were busy… Read more »
“Wen’s birthday”
This morning we all woke up excited for our snorkeling adventure. My roommate, Julia, and I woke up early to go get coffee before we had to catch our bus at 8:45 in the morning because we don’t function without it. We all boarded the bus in our attire for warm weather and swimming and… Read more »
“A series of uneventful events”
Well, today was just like another day in paradise, but without the paradise. We spent most of the day working with various aspects of our documentary that is on its way to being finished. Jiachi worked on some awesome 3D maps of the Persian Empire with some animated floating ships -I can’t wait to see… Read more »
“How are we halfway done?”
Being on this island paradise has been one of the best experiences of my life. Yesterday we went to the famous Golden Beach and I sat there staring at sea in awe of how beautiful it was. Living in a place like this, sometimes I forget that I have to work. When I came into… Read more »
“Quarries and Beaches”
Today was our second free day of the trip, all of the students came together and decided that we wanted to visit the quarries since we were unable to last week. We worked with the bus schedules to figure out a timetable to go from the quarries to Golden Beach and back to Parikia by… Read more »
“Another great one”
Eleven days into our trip and I am finally adjusting to the time change. Each day is progressively becoming harder and harder to wake up as our mornings typically involve waking up at 7:00 am. I do not identify as a morning person and my daily intake of coffee is increasing. However, once I get… Read more »
“Finding light in a gloomy day”
As I woke up to my alarm this morning, the sound of drizzling rain and peaceful rumbles of thunder greeted me “good morning”. While this was a much different welcome into the day than the past sunny mornings here in Paros, there was something special about it. Even though rainy days can be rare here… Read more »