The perfect day

This morning, everyone was feeling quite adventurous and woke up at 530am to hike up and watch the sunrise. We hiked  999steps to make it to the top of Palemidi! It could not have been more perfect! After that we ran down to the beach and took a dip in the Mediterranean. It was quite chilly but hey, how many times are you in Greece?! 

Here is the highlighted route to the top... All of which are steps 

Road tripping in between

On the bus ride from Athens to Nafplion, we stopped at Epidaurous, a giant theater. This theater has a perfect circle in the center so the acoustics were incredible.

Next we stopped at the Corinth Canal 

Nafplion

The last two days off journey har been spent in Nafplion, AKA, most beautiful place I have ever seen! 

This is the typical Greece you think of with cobblestone streets and the alleyway shops. Our hotel was an absolute dream... Basically a honeymoon sweet. And the view from our window was like non other

We first explored the Fortress of Palemidi, which I am pretty sure is a castle built for me :)

Some beauty shots of the streets

And we went on a walk around one of the peninsulas 

Driving into this place o wasn't sure if like it because we came from the newer modern back side but it is by far my favorite place so far. I wish we could've stayed here longer! I had an authentic nutella crepe and it was superb... Almost as good as yours mom ;) 

Athens

Last night and today we spent our time exploring Athens. 

This is the cutest restaurant we ate at 

the Olympic stadium 

Today we spent the morning walking the Plaka which is the middle of the town.

After that, we went to Agora, this is where the Greeks would buy and sell food and goods in ancient times.

Next we hit the Acropolis 

The Theater of Dionysus

We got lunch at the really authentic delicious gyro shop! And of course needed to splurge on some gelato right after... Main goal for the trip, eat gelato at least once a day! 

The afternoon was spent on a guided tour of the New Acropolis Museum, which I wish I could say I liked, but even our professor asked for the abridged version of the tour because it was so boring haha. 

Spring Break

Today I am off on a new adventure! As part of my scholarship through school, a group of 20 students get the perk of traveling to Greece and London! We will be abroad for 10 days and hopefully soak in as much as humanly possible in that amount of time. There are two amazing professors going along with other faculty from the college and altogether seems to be shaping up to be a great group! I'll of course be posting as much as possible, and I'll catch Ya in the flip side :) 

Trip to Kingsley

This weekend the Sarah's and I took a little trip to Sarah's farm in Kingsley Iowa. Kingsley is a huge town of 1200 people, aka smaller than my high school. We got to be farm girls for a day complete with driving a tractor playin in a grain bin and petting a new calf! 

J Term

During the month of January we take one class everyday for 3 hours and then spring semester starts in February. With one week left to go, and classes consisting of critical thinking and snowboarding, I can honestly say this has been some of the best times at augie and I'm sad to see it leave. 

During this month me and the two amigos road tripped to rapid city for some fun! We explored the black hills and deadwood! 

Because no day is complete without ice cream!