{"id":14599,"date":"2017-11-07T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=12059"},"modified":"2017-11-07T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T10:00:15","slug":"break-spent-exploring-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=14599","title":{"rendered":"Break Spent Exploring Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where do I even begin? I adventured across Greece for ten days. I walked down streets that fellow Greeks walked as well. Each city I traveled to had ancient roots that went back thousands of years. The things I saw, felt, heard, and tasted made my experience memorable and life-changing. My tour guide, a professor named Ioanna, helped to make all the student\u2019s experiences in Greece amazing. She took us to the old Greek city-states Athens, Delphi, Sparta, and Corinth. One of my favorite parts was seeing the cities and lands in which they ruled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/22712230_1914982135185355_2934880831945607616_o.jpg?oh=d3c985707884811a2017829216050d5f&amp;oe=5AA2552D\" width=\"403\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sites we visited were very relevant to my current history class I am taking at John Felice Rome Center. It is one thing to learn about history in class, it is another thing to visit the lands in which the Greeks dominated. I have had the wonderful opportunity to live and flourish in the eternal city and have experienced much of Roman history, yet Greece\u2019s history dates back much further. The things I touched and saw were the same things that ancient Greeks saw and touched thousands of years before me. I am very happy to have had the opportunity to take part in such a life changing opportunity.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/22712159_1914984695185099_7662822167856569616_o.jpg?oh=b8260e1afcf156ad307e1c5954b12d7d&amp;oe=5AA68E85\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"270\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">view looking over Athens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Life is a good, a world filled with happiness, friendship and love. Ioanna taught me that love is good, kind and it is in everything. The Greeks believed in six kinds of love: Eros, Philia, Ludus, Agape, Pragma, and Philautia. I have experienced almost all during my time in Greece. I was taught so much in ten days. A large group of students came together and went on an adventure through Greece. I gained knowledge of Greece and her history. I was gifted the greatest opportunity, to have my dreams turn into reality and have my curiosity and love of art run wild. I flourished in Greece\u2019s culture, beauty, individuality, and history. I lived, walking through the streets of Greece, a city where I made memories that will last a life-time. There were good times and bad, but together with the sites, museums, monuments, and beautiful landscape of Greece, I have found a new place to call home.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/22712402_1914979158518986_2150803414638961738_o.jpg?oh=66015ffb13cc18032b4ecfd29630e22a&amp;oe=5A9BC4B7\" width=\"511\" height=\"341\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple of Poseidon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do I even begin? I adventured across Greece for ten days. I walked down streets that fellow Greeks walked as well. Each city I traveled to had ancient roots that went back thousands of years. The things I saw, felt, heard, and tasted made my experience memorable and life-changing. 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