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Goodbye Europe

I have been living in Greece for almost four months now. The weekdays are filled with school, going into Athens, hanging out with friends at night and doing work in coffee shops. Luckily for me, the weekends have been filled with tons of amazing travels and adventures. For instance, this past long weekend I was able to travel to Belgium and Italy since I did not have school from Wednesday to Monday.   In Belgium, I visited Leuven, Brussels, and Hasselt. This was extremely fun because I was able to see where my best friend studies abroad and spend Thanksgiving with friends. Also, I was able to go to the city where my last name originates from. The flight attendant from Brussels called me out for having the same name as a city in Belgium, which I enjoyed. Technically, I also went to Ghent because my roommate and I messed up with directions and got on the wrong train which brought us an hour in the wrong direction. It was fine and we quickly found a train going back t
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Dear Future Student in R1 304

Dear future student in R1 304,             Welcome to Greece! This entire experience is going to a wild one, but it flies by in a flash. Here the days are long but the months are super short. It is an absolute must to take advantage of every single opportunity. You know what they say, you can retake a class but you can’t relive a party. But in all seriousness, you don’t know when or if you will get back so as Father Linanne says, “Squeeze the sponge”. The first stop most people do while in Athens is the Acropolis and all the famous ruins on this hill. You cannot study abroad in Athens and not see this historic and famous archeological site. Then once you are downtown, you must walk around Plaka for shopping and enjoy dinner or a drink at either “A for Athens” or “360”. These are the two famous rooftop bars that overlook the Acropolis and it located right in the middle of a very popular area. In the neighborhood that you will be living in, Agia Paraskevi, ther
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Smells of Athens and Morocco

             Two weeks ago, I went to Marrakesh, Morocco. I have never been to a place like it before; however, it has been my favorite place that I have visited so far. We shopped at the Souks in the Old City, rode ATV’s and camels in the desert, and drank a lot of tea. It was an interesting experience because it showed me on a first account how some people in other parts of the world live. The people, but really just the men, did not hesitate to catcall us and try to touch us. However, a few of my friends and I found the shouting hilarious because they would call us things like, “fish and chips”, “chicken curry”, “spice girls”, and “Shakira”. Something interesting was that everyone there thought we were British. As for the women, they were rather reserved, but our host mom was one of the sweetest people I have ever met. Every night, she made us home cooked dinners that consisted of authentic Moroccan food. These were massive dinners with several courses and every
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