Everybody has different travel stories, but we all share the same plan of flying into Athens, taking a bus to the port of Piraeus, and boarding a ferry to Paros. (Although I did have a brief and unintended visit to the island of Syros) Anyways, after a long, boring night of catching up on 2 days… Read more »
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Getting Underway
Today is a day of travel or final preparations for this year’s trip to Paros Greece. Those who aren’t scratching their heads wondering what they are forgetting to pack are remembering what it was as they board the plane! The graduate TA was the first to arrive and reports that the weather is great and the… Read more »
Pre-Departure
Our group is gathering its resources and preparing for our trip. We have had an orientation about Greek culture from a visiting Greek who is currently working in Indy. The equipment is being assembled and split up for transport. We are getting to know each other and their skill-set and look forward to another amazing… Read more »
Leaving Paros
All of the students have left the island and just Thomas and I are left to contemplate the silence that remains at the Villa Katerina, the wonderful place we have called home for more than three weeks. Friday afternoon we were able to use the Aegean Center in Parikia to show our work to a… Read more »
“The Discovery of an Unknown Treasure”
An interview with Yannos Kourayos
“The Essence of Parian Marble”
An interview with Aristides Varrias
“The Birth of Apollo”
An interview with Avgi Kalogianni
“A Great Accomplishment”
We had eleven students here for three weeks working on a documentary on a little known archaeological site called Despotiko. We finished a 12 minute video in this time, plus three smaller videos of our primary interviews. This much work is an amazing feat for even seasoned professionals, much less a group of students who… Read more »
“The end is here”
Today we finally wrapped up the documentary. As the final edits were being made, everyone backed up all of the work they had done on hard drives and cleaned up the school. When the movie was ready, we got together as a group to watch the final production. It was really great seeing all our… Read more »
“Turning 21 twice”
It is getting progressively harder and harder to wake up these days. Not so much related to being tired, but more related to the fact that the trip is coming to an end and I am not ready for that. On the happier side, today is Riley’s 21st birthday! It was actually cool because the… Read more »