Mytilene Stories


Santorini and Mykonos!

Oh my goodness. I have no words. This past week was one of the best of my life! After our Athens excursion, our group of 25 people paraded through Athens to Port Piraeus to board a ferry that took us straight to Santorini! It was a ton of traveling to get to the island, but it was well worth it! Our ferry from Piraeus to Santorini was about 6 hours l...


Eresos!

Stinking best weekend of my life! We took a short field trip last Thursday afternoon to this place that let us cook our own Greek food. I made stuffed peppers and tomatoes with a few other girls, then we also rolled some grape leaves. While they cooked our food, we traveled to another closeby village to visit and hang out, then we got to eat all the ...


Turkish Baths & Classes

The past few days have definitely been a haven for new experiences!! On Saturday, all the girls in the group (there are 21 of us) took turns going to something called a Turkish Bath. It sounded really awesome when I first heard about it, except for the catch...you're supposed to go in NAKED!!! I freaked out a little bit, and vowed that I would NEVER ...


What's Up...

These past few days have been very stressful! We had our first day of class already, which turned out to just be an overview of all the classes. I'm taking 2 classes worth 7 credits, and I have a TON of work to do. I'm a little bit perturbed...who knew we'd be doing SO much work on study abroad?! Don't freak out, but I had my VERY FIRST bar experienc...