Blog Day 3
Lauren Miller
February 5, 2013
After
waking up early this morning, Carolyn and I decided to go for a jog. I am so glad that we decided to do this
because there are so many things that we see that are unique to the other
sights that we see throughout our day. While running along the VERY hilly
roads, we have found many places to stop and just take in the view that is in
front of us. In the part of Athens that we live in, Carolyn and I have found
many stairwells that lead to beautiful views of the city. Not only are the roads very hilly, they are
very jaggedly and uneven; safe to say they are somewhat dangerous for us to be
running on but have to get our exercise in somehow! When we cross over streets,
we have to be very careful because the cars and scooters never slow down and
have no awareness for pedestrians. From a distance, we can hear horns from the
cars and scooters over the iPods. We also see many stray cats and dogs roaming
around looking for morning food.
As we
learned in our first class yesterday with Ioanna, people here in Greece stay up
late and then sleep in the next day. Their days do not get started as early as
our days in America do. While jogging the streets, I see people just leaving
for work and the local markets just opening up for the day. Another funny thing
that I found was the way people were dressing. I walked outside in a t-shirt
and shorts and the locals have on winter jackets and hats! I do not know if
they could handle a New England winter.
Because the
boys live in an apartment above us and have a rooftop deck, we are able to go
up and sit in the mornings and enjoy the beautiful weather. This morning it was
around 70 with the sun shining and we sat with Zach while he ate his breakfast.
It is also nice that we do not have class until 1pm therefore we are able to
explore and relax in the morning times.
We left the
apartment around 1230 because it takes about 20 minutes to get to the school
building and we did not want to be late on our first day! Our first class was
with Ioanna- Athens through the Ages. This class lasted from 1-3pm and we
discussed the background and history of some of the early art from Egypt and
Greece. Ioanna is so happy and loves her job she makes the information
interesting even if it does not interest me in the first place. I am very happy
that she will be teaching and traveling with us over the next few weeks. At 3pm, we had an hour break so we walked down
to a local café owned by a Greek that studied in America. He still remembers
past students that have come to his café! We walked around for the rest of the
time and headed back to our next class around 2:50. This class was the Greek
Language class. The professor was very delighted with our enthusiasm to learn
more about the language. We learned simple things such as the alphabet and how
vowels and consonants go together. The teacher even gave us homework!!! ;)
Class
seemed to go on forever because it was from 4-7pm. When she finally let us out,
we all decided to go out to eat again tonight since it had been such a long
day. We found a small Italian restaurant and had a quick meal. I think everyone
is very worn down from the past few days because we have been so excited to
finally be here. After dinner, we walked to a supermarket to pick up a few items
for the apartments and then headed home on the 25 minutes journey. Everyone’s
night is consisting of catching up on reading and f relaxing for another busy,
fun filled day tomorrow!
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