Zach
Wasielewski
Last Day of
Greek Class
3/6/13
When I woke this morning, I realized
today was the last day of our Greek language class. When I thought about this I had mixed
feelings. I was pretty excited for it to be over because the class was a lot of
work, but I am going to miss the time we spent learning this new language. I can understand why we needed to spend time
in the classroom when we first arrived.
Being able to speak even a little Greek has been beneficial. Now that I
am a little proficient in the language, I am looking forward to travelling the
countryside with Professor Roth.
Our final presentation was due today and while walking to
class I took the time to review and prepare my thoughts. During class we presented our families, mom,
dad, and siblings. Perre found our
presentations to be excellent and she was extremely happy for all of us. When our presentations were complete, we
spent the remainder of the class taking pictures of famous people and writing a
description in Greek. The last part of
class was spent reading these descriptions to our classmates. Our instructor
Perre expressed her pleasure in having us as a class and the group decided that
we should celebrate by taking her to lunch on Thursday. It will be nice to have one more day to talk
with her and show her how much we learned in her Greek language class.
We have been in Greece a month, and
I have enjoyed all of the new challenges and activities. In Ioanna’s class we are learning the history
of Greece by going to museums. This
helped me understand the subject matter quicker because I am a more visual
learner. Being lectured in a classroom
sets the groundwork, but spending time with the actual sculptures and art work
brings the history to life. For me, I could see the true beauty of the history
of Greece. Traveling with Ioanna is my
favorite part of the trip because we travel to places that most people will not
have the opportunity to visit. One of my
favorites was staying at the monastery.
The weather over the past month has been on the colder side
and all of us are looking forward to warmer weather. The biggest complaint with the weather has
been the rain. I can’t believe how much it rains and how badly it affects the
roads. The roads overflow and are like
rivers running through the streets of Athens.
The food over the past month has been different but quite an
experience. My favorite has been the
lamb, but I also enjoyed the pork and chicken gyros.
One night we had Professor Roth and
his two daughters over for dinner.
Carol and Katie did the cooking.
We had a nice dinner with everyone to celebrate the completion of our two
Greek classes. It was nice to have a
“family” dinner and talk about everything that has been going on in the first
month. We also discussed our plans for
spring break which is coming up this Friday.
The group is getting excited.
Pat, Chryssie, Hayley, and I are going to Dublin, Amsterdam, and
Barcelona for our spring break. Katie,
Lauren, and Carol are going to Prague, Paris, and Barcelona for their spring
break. Ashley will be spending the entire
break in Barcelona. Our group will all
be together in Spain and we are excited to spend the end of spring break
exploring Barcelona. Hopefully one of us
can speak a little Spanish.
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