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 »
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The Paros Experience
My first few days in Paros have been indescribable. Yet I’ll try to describe them here now. Where to start? It’s beautiful here. The weather is different every day. First it’s perfect, then it’s raining, then its hurricane-type winds, and don’t get me started about the mosquitoes. Don’t come here if you can’t stand mosquitoes…. Read more »
In a family way
What strikes me most about Greece is the people. They seem to have learned how to balance their lives in a way that interweaves family and community into all they do. Most of the businesses are owned privately by people who are surrounded by their family who, if they don’t actually work there, come and go… Read more »
10,000 years in Parikia
On our second and first full day in Paros, our group received a crash course in the history of Paros and a brief tour of the city of Parikia. The tour began around 10 a.m. near the port where we met our guide Avgi Kalogianni. She led us down the cobbled paths of Parikia where… Read more »
First Day
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 »
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