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 »
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“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 »
“Food Venture”
Today started with a rough morning. We were all ready around 9am to head to the quarry, an underground marble cave, when Professor Albert William informed us that our trip was canceled due to the weather. Everyone’s mood changed at that moment, saddened by the change in plans; instead, we headed to school to work…. Read more »
“Despotiko”
Today was a day that everyone had been looking forward to since we arrived to Paros. After the rainy evening that we had the night before, we were all hoping that the weather wouldn’t interfere and cancel our plans. Lucky enough, when we awoke this morning the sky was clear and sunny! We left our… Read more »
“First rain”
After a very relaxing day at the beach, we met at the music school early in the morning to continue our documentary productions. Before we started, Albert went over the plans for the following days with us. Albert then led us in some yoga poses to stretch our body. Then we gathered around in a… Read more »
“First day off”
The students were given the day off today. Our first intention was to take a bus to the Mortellos beach but several students overslept (myself included) and we missed the bus. We headed down to the docks to inquire about possibly taking a boat, but unfortunately all of the boats were for fishing not transportation…. Read more »