Hello World!
Today we traveled to yet another city, Athens! The day before we were a little frustrated because of the living arrangement we were assigned that was not what we expected, not even Professor Ryan. Nevertheless we went on and made the best of it and just hoped that tomorrow will be a better and brighter day. We wake up Wednesday morning having to be ready to leave the hotel at 9:30am. We got on a chartered bus that day and took it to the Olympic Stadium Complex. When we got there our official Greece tour guide named Nike (Nikki) introduces us to a man who has been working at the stadium for many years. As he spoke Greek, Nike translated what he was saying to us. Most of the conversation told us about his career and what it was that he had started out doing and what his current job at the stadium was. We then watched a video of the many groups of students that has come to the stadium that the man had assisted.
Next the tour of the stadium happens that was very similar to the Wembley Park in London but not nearly as big. The students then walked around the track and of course the boys get competitive and made the bet that the loser had to buy all the guys lunch. Unfortunately Jeff was the guy that lost the race so was stuck with the bill. We leave the Olympic Stadium and start to head to Marathon. Our colleague Brendan Crowley gave a five minute presentation on Marathon due to him doing his paper on the events that happen during and after Marathon. When we got to Marathon, Nike started to explain in detail the battle fields and the reasons as to why Marathon happened in the first place. During her presentation it starts to thunder and lightning so everyone is praying that it hold off until we leave the beach.
Furthermore, we visit the National Archaeological Museum where the kept sacred statues in order to explain Greek history as well as Marathon. Something I took from the visit was the Greeks having Egyptian statues in order to say thank for all of their help during Marathon which I found the most interesting.
Finally the BEACH! Too bad it was a little cold and rainy and no one wanted to get in the water (besides Professor Ryan, Jeff, and Rob). We did have some snacks and drinks while being at the beach which gave more time for bonding. We went back by the hotel and just chilled with one another and used the Wi-Fi, had dinner with one another and called it a better day than yesterday!
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