sad day

So last night my computer died. So it looks like I will not be able to update as much as I would like to :(

But I will do my best to post as often as I can!

Besides that I am now in ROME!!!
It is amazing, I love it, and I am here for 3 weeks!

Good Bye Athens

Today we left Athens, Greece and moved on to Olympia! On the way to Olympia we made a stop to see the ancient city of Corinth. I had the chance to stand in front of the ancient bema where the apostle Paul stood trial in Acts! What an amazing feeling.

We then were on a bus for 4 hours to get to Olympia. We are staying in this amazing four star hotel... but only for one night. I could get used to this place however. It is so beautiful!

Tomorrow night we get on a boat and sail to Italy. From there we travel almost every night until we reach Rome on the 7th. I am very excited to reach Rome.

Something I have discovered about myself since I have been here in Greece, is that I am fascinated with Greek mythology! I am looking forward to studying it more once I return to Atlanta.

This weekend a group of us went to the beaches again and that was a lot of fun. Already everyone is bonding so well on this trip and I am enjoying the new people I have met so much!

I was very homesick when I first arrived here, but things are much better now that I am getting acclimated to the area and the people.

Ok peace out-- heading to bed :)
b

ONE WEEK

Katy, Me, Sarah, Christina, and Jackie at a restaurant watching a soccer game :)

I have officially been in Athens, Greece for a week! We have been having class for 9 hours a day, and it is all outside, hiking up mountains and seeing ancient ruins. For 9 hours a day. It is amazing, yet very exhausting. I have gotten TONS of sun... maybe a little too much. My feet are soooo sunburned from today.

So far we have visited the Parthenon, Acropolis, Mycenae, the Agora, and dozens of other sights. It has been an incredible experience to see the ancient ruins of Greece.

I was wrong, we did not go to Corinth the other day, but we are going the beginning of next week!

Today was such a full day and I took a MILLION pictures, but here are a few to show what I have been up to!


Hadrian's Gate


This is a picture of the Temple of Hephaestus

Fake out!!!

Today we met up with our whole Study Abroad group and we checked into our new hotel and it is soooo much better then our hostel that we were staying in!!!

We told our Prof where we were staying and he about had a heart attack and said that we were lucky that nothing happened to us. He asked what the worst part of Atlanta was and said that we basically stayed there in Athens.

So we are very lucky to be alive and unharmed :)

I am still trying to figure out the luggage situation, yet I have made it so far!

I am getting skinny and ripped from not eating more than once a day and from lugging that huge bag around. And it has only been 4 days haha....

Ummmm.... Oh! Today we went with the class up to the top of a mountain and we could see ALL of Greece from there! It was absolutely amazing and breathtaking.

Tomorrow class begins!
We are going to Mycenae which is about a 2 hour bus ride, and on the way we are stopping in Corinth which I am really excited about. It is so amazing to me that I am walking around the cities that are written about in the Bible. So cool.

Well I think that I am out for the night!
Peace

beaches!

We finally made it to the beaches! It took about 3 hours and a lot of walking, taking the bus to the metro then the metro to the tram then some more walking to get there.... but we eventually made it! At first we went to these "beaches" that were made up of trash rather then sand and we were told that we could not fins sandy beaches. But they were wrong! The beach felt so great! Here are some pictures from our adventures!

toothpaste

on the airplane for 10 hours was torture.... and i had to use the bathroom on an airplane for the first time ever. while in the bathroom, i wanted to brush my teeth. so i have my travel toothbush and toothpaste and right as i open the toothpaste, it starts shooting out everywhere uncontrollably. and it would not stop!!! so i am frantically trying to stop the toothpaste, clean it up from where it has gone alllll over the counter and sink, and i am trying to brush my teeth at the same time.... as someone is trying to break into the bathroom. it was in interesting experience. i finally stopped the toothpaste, cleaned it up, and managed to brush my teeth. :)

we are in athens and we have had dinner and napped and walked around and now we are playing games in the hostel. we are planning on going to the beach in the morning and staying out all day.

ok i am sooooo tired so i am off to bed :)

peace to all
b