(Andrew) Today we had an exercise-full day in Nafplion, Greece. First we went to yet another breakfast buffet at our hotel. Then we went to Epidaurus. There we visited the best-preserved theater in the WORLD. There we took some pictures and a sketched the view. After that we went to a path so Alex could […]
Read moreIt’s More Than Ancient Rocks
(Reis) Around Greece from Athens to Delphi, Delphi to Olympia, and Olympia to Nafplion, where we are now. Along the way, learning and having fun with our guide, Antony At all the places, we learned about the ancient monuments and how they would be in antiquity. The way all of this was found out and […]
Read moreThe Trojan War in 1 Paragraph
(Reis) After the “For the Fairest” golden apple beauty contest, when Paris of Troy gave the apple to Aphrodite and she promised that any woman he fell in love with, would fall in love with him, it all went downhill from there. Athena and Hera were very mad at him for not picking them. Paris […]
Read moreOlympic Champion
(Alex) 1, 2, 3… GO!! Those were the words I heard from our guide Antony as we began our race in the first Olympic Stadium ever. First, we walked through the legendary arch and saw the completely empty stadium. Getting there at 8 means the sun was a golden color and there was absolutely no […]
Read moreRoad Scholars
(Greg) It is 7:05 PM. A worse-than-Muzak Greek version of “For Your Eyes Only” is crackling over a single stereo speaker behind the bar and I am looking out at 4 students huddled around their teacher/mother in the hotel lobby teaching intransitive verbs and predicate nouns. I know those specifics only because I just asked. […]
Read moreHow ’bout dem peaches?
(Dana) Those who know me will find it extremely humorous that I wanted to write the post about cooking. But even a non-cook like me was in sensory heaven during our culinary day in Athens. Working with our guide Antony and his sweet wife Sam, we navigated the stalls of the local farmers market. (Fortunately, […]
Read moreI Could Live Here
(Dana) For 3 years my sister and her family have lived in Stockholm. Now I get why. Even Greg said, “I could live here.” Granted, the sun was out for 19 hours/day and it was closer to 30-degrees C than the 3 degree darkness of January, but for us, it ís about the water. Stockholm […]
Read moreCousins are Better than Herring
(Andrew) On July 10, we took a plane from Reykjavik to Stockholm, Sweden at 7:50 A.M (get up at at least 5:00). The flight was uncomfortable. There is a 2-Hour time difference. We were all groggy from the early morning and were walking (or is it sliding?) like slugs. The day brightened up, literally, when […]
Read moreIce Cream Diplomacy
(Emma) The other day we went to the US ambassador’s house in Stockholm for dinner. It was amazing and a superb way to end our time in Sweden. I had a fantastic time and I can’t even describe how much fun I had! It was kind of weird to get past the guards, but Mr. […]
Read moreThe Great Shedding
What separates Homo Sapiens from all others is our ability to synthesize data, project into the future based on that data, and adapt accordingly. I am tickled to state that my wife has, once again, reconfirmed her standing among h.sapiens. And she did it with little prompting from rarely-sapiens like me. Those who have followed […]
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