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We finished our touring yesterday, and today is a travel day for many of us as we head home or continue our time in Europe. Greece has been an incredible experience and certainly one I will remember and cherish for years to come!  Many of us left the hotel at 3AM to head to theContinue reading “January 29”

We arrived via the ferry from Crete at 7 am to begin our free day in Athens. We were woken up early by the loudspeakers, but people where excited to get off and be on solid ground. While some of us where low on sleep we still made the best of the time we hadContinue reading “January 28th”

By: Nadeen Bunkers Today we boarded the bus at 9 am and drove an hour to the Gortyna Archaeological Site. We have grown accustomed to meeting plenty of cats and dogs on our travels, but today we met a new species: a snail! After taking pictures of him/her, we ventured around the site. Gabriele, ourContinue reading “January 27th”

On our way to our last archaeological site, Knossus, we chose the song “Here Comes the Sun” in honor of our amazing tour guide Gabriella! Knossus is the largest Bronze Age civilization on Crete and the oldest city in Europe. The great palace is the center of Minoan civilization, which includes monumental stonework, beams, pillars,Continue reading “January 26th”

Today we started our day by visiting Kanakis Olive Oil Mill near Chania, Crete. The Boundourakis family started their business over ten years ago. We learned the process of production of olive oil which starts with the cleaning of the olives, then the pitting. There were various machines that beat the olives in order toContinue reading “January 25th”

Today we woke up in Thessaloniki and walked to the Jewish Museum. This museum had not been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1917 in Thessaloniki which made the architecture older than a lot of the city. Inside, out guide told us about the flourishing Jewish community that had lived in the central part ofContinue reading “January 20th”

We began our first (and only) full day in Chania, Crete with a walking tour of the Old Town. The Old Town is full of little streets and alleys that we began exploring last night as we tried to find the hotel after dinner, but this morning, we got to see them in the daylightContinue reading “January 24”

Hello from Crete! Today was a busy travel day for us. We started the morning in Thessaloniki, which is a large northern city in Greece, and after two flights and some bus rides, we arrived in Chania, Crete early this afternoon!  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, and has aContinue reading “January 23”

Today we made the long trip to Phillipi to visit the ruins of the old city where Paul wrote to the Philippian Christian community. The bus ride was long and many of us took the time to take some very desired naps but it was worth it to see such a historical site. As someoneContinue reading “January 22”

Today we had a free day in Thessaloniki! Quite a few of us decided to sleep in a little this morning (I even heard murmurs of room service escapades). I spearheaded a little jaunt to the White Tower, a cultural landmark of the city. The current structure, built by the Ottoman Empire sometime after 1430,Continue reading “January 21st”