1st Outing

Well I've been here for 3 days and I'm growing more in love with this place everyday. It will be hard to come home. I guess I'll have to managesomehow

Yesterday we lounged around, relaxing, catching up on some much needed rest. I went swimming in the Aegean Sea which was AMAZING! How many people can say they've done that? Show of hands? Just kidding. A whole bunch of us walked down to the peninsula and jumped in off the rocks. I'm not the strongest swimmer in the world but the water is so salty that it's hard to sink. You can just sit there and bob along in the water. Floating on your back was NEVER easier!

Quick story about my shower... It's AWFUL! There's a bath tub and the shower head is on a hose and should be attached to the wall but it's come off. I'm trying to take a shower my first night here and get covered in plaster. I can't fix it so I have to hold this tiny shower head in one hand and wash my hair with the other. In the mean time I might as well have a water hose. I think it would have better water pressure. Where the shower head is supposed to attach is a little messed up so some water comes out in the right place but the rest sprays out all over the place and soaks everything. So yeah... GREAT experience. Oh and PS... Be VERY glad for the plumbing in the US. We cannot put our toilet paper in the toilets over here because it will back EVERYTHING up. Good times! Lol

It's a unique feeling living with 40 people and seeing them all the time. I've loved every minute of it so far. It reminds me in some ways how it must have been to live at Hogwarts. Being on a small campus you still see lots of people but it's a completely different feeling here.

Today we started class. Yes I KNOW... on SATURDAY! Haha. But since we actually only go to formal class for 36 days we have to grab a day whenever we can. But before you get TOO jealous I have a TON of reading to do in a very short amount of time. Luckily we take all of our tests before we travel anywhere.

We went to see the Temple of Poseidon today. My mother is very concerned that she sent me to a christian school to go see pagan temples. It was amazing! We think of these people as backwards sometimes or at least not being as intelligent as us and here they have constructed these structures that have been standing longer than our country has been in existence. I was really hoping for some better sunset pictures but the fog was so thick that it made taking pictures a little difficult. The Athenians used to go to the temple of Poseidon before they set out to sea to ask for protection. Very close by you could see the remains of a temple to Athena. We also heard the story about how the Aegean Sea got it's name. The Athenians used to have to send 6 girls and 6 boys to the Island of Crete to feed the Minotaur. So King Aegean's son said he would go and kill the Minotaur. The king said he would let him go on 1 condition. If it was good news change the sails to white, if bad keep them as black. The son killed the minotaur but forgot to change the sails so the King jumped from the temple into the sea, killing himself. I know, GREAT story!

On the way back we were on a real small windy road and our tour bus went head to head with another. It took us forever to navigate around the other bus and cars and get down... Good times. At least there was no wreck and no one got hurt but all we can see is the tour bus going over the mountain.

So go check out my pictures!
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Enjoy!

I'm going on a 3 day cruise next weekend! I'm sure I'll have pictures and more to write before then but def. be on the watch out for more after next Sunday!

Love, Rebecca