Welcome back! I am so sorry for the lack of posts these past couple of days… I lost my ability to formulate sentences after about two days of no sleep 😅. It may be 2:30 am on a Sunday night in Michigan, but I am here to catch you up to speed with what I’ve …
Buenas Dias! It is currently 5:21 am and I have not slept yet. I think that tells you about how my day went… This morning, I woke up naturally at 6:30 am. I debated going back to sleep, but I’m in Mexico… I decided to just get up and go for a stroll to find …
¡Hola! from Mexico City! It is currently 12:45 am (the time I started writing this post), and I’m here to tell you that I just had the BEST first day in Mexico City! My day started at 4 am when I woke up and drove to the Detroit airport. I am so thankful to live …
It was January 18th, 2024. We had just crossed the border into Turkey, stopping briefly in Ancient Troy on our way to Assos. I was very excited to visit Ancient Troy since I had just read “Song of Achilles”. If you haven’t read that book, I highly recommend it! It was awe-inspiring to see the …
It was January 14th, 2024. We had just arrived in Kalambakka, Greece after spending a couple days in Delphi where my friends and I went on an epic hike. You can read about that experience here! Oh, and we stopped at Thermopylae on the way. I performed my declamation —a telling of the Battle of …
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 …