Day 10- Ancient Corinth

Nauplion

We started the day in Nauplion, which is an incredibly beautiful town. It was so beautiful due to the town being located right next to the sea. We all had breakfast in the hotel, and I personally had eggs …

Day 9 – Pylos and Mycenae

We started the day early with breakfast at the Neda hotel in Olympia. The balcony’s in the dining area had a great view of the town.

In the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer describes ancient civilization and cultures that preceded …

Olympia

As we embarked on our 8th day in Greece, we began by departing from Delphi and drove four hours toward Olympia. Upon our arrival to Olympia, as a group, we got a light lunch from a nearby slovaki restaurant. Though

Day 7- Delphi

by Trent Schulten and Mireya Gomez

Our seventh day in Greece began with a 3 hour bus ride from the bustling city of Athens to the chilly and windy mountains. Here in the mountains we visited the ancient city of

Day 6: Eleusis and Piraeus Museum

By Shelby Tour and Ryan Klemptner

Today, we began by taking a bus to Eleusis and visiting both the Eleusis site and museum. Since Greece had an election today, the bus ride was much shorter than anticipated to the site, …

Day 5: Brauron and Sounio and BEACH!

By Esther Hernandez and Areli Nunez

Our day started with an hour long bus ride from Athens to Brauron, one of the twelve cities of ancient Attica. Everyone looked forward to how the day would unfold, because we knew where …

Day 4: Agenia Temples of Apollo and Isis and Beach

Day 4: agenia temples of apollo and isis beach - img_3097-225x300.jpg image #0Today we went to two temples with the class. The trip began with an early bus ride to a ferry. The ferry was populated by a diverse collection of tourists including ourselves. As two people from coastline cities floating on …

Day 3: Kerameikos Cemetery, Keramiekos Museum and National Archaeological Museum

Today was our third day in Athens and so far we have been having a blast! Even though we lost a day in Chicago (or should I say gained, because Chicago is the best city in the world and also …

Day 2: Acropolis, Acropolis Museum, and the Athenian Agora

Today was our first full day in Athens to kick off our Art and Archeology seminar. After getting grounded in Chicago and missing our original flight to Athens, when we arrived yesterday everyone was exhausted. After a good night’s sleep, …

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  1. What an interesting day. You really brought the experience to life. Thank you.

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2019 Summer in Greece Class

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