Classes

Before I delve into how my classes are going and all of that, I'll go ahead and give you guys a taste of the grand Acropolis....

A lovely view as we walked onto the Acropolis.

One end of the Parthenon.

The Parthenon.

The theater of Dionysus, which you can see when you look over an edge of the Acropolis.

I feel that pictures really can't do any of the sites justice, but it's the best I've got. Anyways, this past Monday we started classes (boo!). This means our careless vacation time in Greece has come to a close; however, even though I am falling into more of a routine it doesn't change the fact that I am in Greece. Yeah, I have class every day from 2:30-4:30, but I can take the metro in the morning and go hang out in downtown Athens before class starts. That's pretty awesome in my personal opinion.

The class with Dr. Kaplan is pretty cool cause we really get a chance to discuss the different observations we've made about Greece in comparison to the United States. Granted we still have to keep up with this blog and read a book, but it's well worth it cause it really relates to what we are all going through in Greece. We are also taking a survival Greek course which, I feel, will come in handy. We just started learning the alphabet a bit, but we will also be learning certain phrases and things to help us survive in Athens. Now, my art history class on Athens in antiquity is not quite what I was expecting. My professor is British and I think there is only one Greek in our class. This was kind of disappointing considering I was looking forward to making some Greek friends. However, it is pretty cool to learn about the history of some the artifacts I've already seen and will be seeing on this trip.

Yesterday we actually took a traditional Greek dancing class in stead of our Greek survival class. It was so much fun even if I did look like an idiot most of the time. :)

Today I will be going to the Byzantine and Christian Museum and I'm pretty excited, because I have to give a presentation on it too the class.