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Sophia Ying – Week 9

31 May 2024

Our final weekend trip of the program was to Santorini and Crete. This time, we took a flight together for the first time as a whole group.  Our first stop…

Monastery rose

Sophia Ying – Week 8

19 May 2024

Our Tuesday trip was to the Pnyx, an outdoor lecture hall with a platform and grassy places to stand. This lecture hall is situated on a hill next to the…

artist of Schliemann's at the site

Sophia Ying – Week 7

17 May 2024

Week 7 was an exciting week. Aselya and I got back from our Easter trip on Sunday, delighted to see our home in Athens while simultaneously missing the quiet of…

After seeing so many guard dogs, this sleepy floofer was a welcome surprise.

Sophia Ying – Week 6

7 May 2024

For Easter Break, my roommate Aselya and I took a trip to Kalamaki, a city on the remote island of Zakynthos. It was a wonderful respite from the hustle and…

The shore of Zakynthos

Sophia Ying – Week 5

30 April 2024

This week, we thought we were just getting used to the paradisiacal blue sky that filled the background of every single one of our pictures. Thus, after Weekly Latin, we…

salmon with carrot puree

Sophia Ying – Week 4

30 April 2024

This week, we thought about how we classify communities. In general, we tend to think about a community progressing from band to tribe to chiefdom and finally to state. The…

national gardens

Sophia Ying – Week 3

20 April 2024

It’s Week 3. By now, my roommates and I have started settling in to a routine, and adapting to some Greek norms. In particular, we’ve felt an affinity for the siesta.

BIG STRETCH

Week 2 – Sophia Ying

8 April 2024

Our second week was mostly early-morning Survival Greek, in which we learned as much modern Greek as possible in order to be able to get around for the remainder of…

Sunset over Volos

Week 1 – Sophia Ying

8 April 2024

We have successfully arrived in Athens! I came a week early and stayed at an AirBnB in the Plaka, a colorful, upbeat neighborhood of Athens. There, I got to taste some of the orange pie, souvlaki, and mousaka that I would get to enjoy for the rest of the term.

view from the fortress overlooking mountains, green grass, and water