Post Greece

Hello Everyone!!

We got back to Rome from a ten day trip to Greece this evening. I am totally zonked! I have tons and tons to write about Greece, however it may have to wait until the weekend. We have to finish up some midterms this week, and I need all the sleep time I can get. Plus, some roommate drama is helping to keep the stress levels super high around here. Life is funny. You try extra hard to steer clear of a situation,and it just seems to creep up on you that much more quickly.
I really have a very low tolerance for that kind of thing.

Anyway, Greece was absolutely lovely. If you have never gotten to experience it, I suggest very much that you try and do so. There is an endless amount to learn from each and every city. We journeyed to Olympia, Delphi, Athens, Nafplion, Mycene, and Corinth. Each was different, each was beautiful, and each deserves a blog of it's own.

To get to Greece from Rome is quite a trek, unless you opt to fly direct. We took a 7 hour bus from campus to Bari, then a 12 hour ferry from Bari to Greece. Another few hours on the bus brought us to Olympia. We traveled by bus throughout Greece, then back to port for a 12 hour ferry to Bari and another 7 hour bus to campus again.
While we were gone, our rooms were cleaned a bit and our bedsheets washed. I am hoping that the bugs cease to be an issue once the temperature drops....who knows. They could just get really really cold and seek MORE refuge in the dorm....eww.

This week we have three church summaries due in Western Theological Tradition, a Literary Tradition exam, an Art and Architecture exam, some random quizzes, and sevveerralll reading assignments.

I think its bedtime.

Next post, OLYMPIA!

Ciao!
Mira


PS. My mother and sister will be joining me in Rome for Thanksgiving!!! I am so so so unbelievably excited and can't wait to show them the city! I only wish my dad was coming too....