Islands

I left out some pictures from the Islands! Here you go: Mykonos and Santorini.

Last days in Greece

The program is officially over and I am back at home, safe and sound. The last couple of weeks were amazing, we got to travel across Greece, hang out in Athens and I got to experience some islands. The weather was beautiful, the company was fabulous and the locations couldn't have been any better. It's good to be home but I will always remember the three months I spent in Greece. Thanks for keeping up and staying in touch during my time abroad.

This was a typical day in our classroom.

Our excursion to Lefkada. The night before was our last night in Ioannina... which explains why we were so miserable the morning after.
In tolo we finally found a pool!!!
We took advantage of it for hours!
Then that night... I turned 20!! My roomates threw me a little surprise party and I made a new friend -->

With lots of singing and dancing....
Followed by a dip in the Mediterreanean Sea
Then that night... Birthday Cake #2!!!
Surprise... Again!!!

Then we went out....

And then the excursions began! We went to so many museums and saw so many stadiums it was unbelievable!

Epidaurus Stadium.
We fly high...

On the Acropolis!!!

Parthenon!!
Our last day there it POURED. We got SOAKED!
On our way to the aiport....

Paradise!!!

Hey everyone. Thanks for stopping by. Recently we've spent a lot of time under the sun (the weather has been unbelievable, averaging over 85 degrees!) and enjoying the last couple weeks here. We have two more weeks of class which will be intense studying followed by a week tour across Greece to Athens and then five days on the islands!! Here are pictures from our Excursion to Parga and our weekend trip to the crazy island of Corfu!Here we are in Necromanteio were people would go and talk to the dead and the oracle for advice.

These are the tiny steps to get down to the cave where the dead would be along with the oracle.

This is the cave... (Some of the girls with our Greek teacher Georgia)

Here are the girls who decided to go swimming in Parga. The city of Parga is absolutely breathtaking. The water was a little cold but it was worth it.

We swam out to that island walked around. On that island is a tiny church and an amazing view. We ended up jumping off and swimming back.

Here is the view to the left

Here we are after reaching the top of the island, the few who made it.

For some reason I can't stop laughing at this picture.

This was the view from the Island - the epitome of Greece.

We also took a trip to the Gates of Hades. This is the river where people would go before they entered the gates to Hell - our professors were really into this...

The part of the river before entering death...

And of course Alina had to jump in. I was already in my swim suit and it was hot. I couldn't help it - the peer pressure got to me!

Our amazing lunch on the river.

This is the view from the ferry when we went to Corfu on Saturday.

That is our pink hotel in the background, it was called "Pink Palace"

This is where we ate lunch one of the days

A view outside of our hotel

Just a cute little house

Jeni and I outside our room after a day of tanning and really really excited to go eat dinner

When we have to wait for our food, we get antsy....

So we take pictures..

Lots and lots of pictures!!!

All in all I had an amazing three day weekend and am ready to start studying for my tests and writing my papers. I return with a tan and an injured toe :)