It was January 8th, 2024: our free day in Athens. No tours. No class. No homework. We could have chosen to sleep in until noon if we really wanted to, but there was still so much to do and see in Athens! Sunrise Hike at Mt. Lycabettus My friends and I decided to start our …
It was January 9th, 2024. We had left Athens after having one of the busiest, most fun free days imaginable. I’ll tell you about that day in another post 😉 After an hour-long bus ride, we arrived at the Corinth Canal. I’m not even kidding you when I say this canal was so deep I …
It was January 11th, 2024. We had arrived in Olympia late the night before. I had immediately done laundry in the bathtub since I was running out of clean clothes to wear and there was FINALLY a bathtub in our hotel rooms. I had brought laundry detergent sheets with me as well as a rope …
It was January 7th, 2024: our third full day in Athens. We had spent the morning at Mars Hill and the Agora, and we were given the afternoon to explore on our own. My friends and I decided to do some shopping at an outdoor market. We had been warned several times about scams. DON’T …
Welcome back to my Greece & Turkey series! Let’s return to January 13th, 2024. This was our first full day in Delphi, Greece after arriving late the night before. We started our day by touring the Tholos of Athena as well as the Delphi archaeological site and museum. In Ancient Greece, Delphi was known as …
Welcome back! As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m excited to share some of my favorite memories from my January 2024 trip to Greece & Turkey with you all. Please note that these stories will not be in chronological order, and I will probably go on lots of tangents. 😜 Let’s start with one …
Welcome back to Cruisin’ Clara! This is the beginning of a series of blog posts about my J-term trip to Greece and Turkey in January of 2024. I meant to write these posts sooner, but time slipped away from me… again. Better late than never?! For those of you who don’t know, I was fortunate …
It feels like only yesterday that I was writing about moving in at the University of Aberdeen… and now I’m back at St. Olaf writing about my last week in Aberdeen! Oh, how time flies. Despite having some finals to finish during my last week, I had a LOT of fun. I think some of …
A few weeks ago, Alyssa and I toured Auschwitz-Birkenau while staying in Kraków, Poland. It was an unforgettable experience, and I’m glad I went. If given the chance, I recommend everyone to go. That said, it was an overwhelmingly difficult experience, and I wouldn’t do it again. Prepare yourselves… I will be sharing every detail …
Hello from the USA!!! That’s right — I’m home!!! The past couple of weeks have been BUSY. I returned to Aberdeen from Prague, finished my final assessments, moved out, and flew home… all within nine days. Even though my semester abroad is officially over, I’m not quite done blogging yet. There’s still so much I …