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Greens and Reds: A Long Day’s Journey to One Night’s Sleep
The plane trip to/from Malaysia is always long – too long to be easy. After many such trips over the years, I have come up with two rules for minimizing the jet lag of crossing ten time zones at once. The first is, sleep as much as you can on the flight(s). The second is, […]
Some images from Florence and Siena
Please enjoy looking at a few images from the past three days. We have explored Siena, toured the Renaissance palaces of Florence and the Uffizi. Tomorrow, we travel to Venice!
Olympia!
This morning we left bright and early for Olympia. We visited the site of the original Olympic games in 776 B.C. As we came into the site, we saw the ruins of the gymnasium, palaestra, hotel, baths, and temples of Zeus and of Hera. Surprisingly, the Temple of Hera was built at least 100 years […]
Rain Rain Went Away, Got To Play In Greece All Day
Today we woke up to rain and lightning and traveled to Epidarus where we saw its famous classical ampitheater. The ampitheater can hold up to 14,00 people at one time and the acoustics are so good that you can hear someone whisper at the bottom while standing on the top. We then ventured through the […]
Digamos…
We have been in Costa Rica for over a week now and have gotten to do some amazing things. Not only did we go to a national soccer game (which was an event to support child cancer), travel around the central valley of Costa Rica (where its capital, San Jose, is located), and saw a […]
Hangin’ with Apollo in the Mountains
We started the day by checking out of our hotel in Athens and heading for Delphi. On our way, we passed by the town of thieves, or Thiva, and a large lake. Aliki told us several myths and legends surrounding these two places. We stopped at a rest stop after about an hour, to stretch […]
Our Day in Arezzo
On Monday we started our day with an hour-long train ride to the small town of Arezzo. Together we explored the beautiful Basilica of San Francesco and its altar frescoes painted by Pierro della Francesca. The incredible colors and details of the frescoes were awe-inspiring, and we enjoyed learning the story of the True Cross […]
Florence and Arezzo We arrived in Florence on Friday. Recognizing the importance of religion and politics during the Renaissance, we began our stay in Florence with visits to the geographic centers of both in the city: first to the Palazzo Vecchio and second to Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo). We concluded Saturday […]
Traveling through time in Athens!
This morning started out with a very early 6:30AM wake-up call courtesy of our hotel front desk. We had an amazing continental breakfast waiting for us. In the words of Mary Joos, “It was beautiful!” We are all trying new foods; the full-fat Greek yogurt was definitely a hit. After breakfast and a quick currency […]
Heading to Malaysia – One Year Ahead
Shirley and Steve Mellema and David Obermiller are heading to Malaysia this month to make further preparations for our Spring 2014 Semester in Malaysia program. We’ll visit Kuala Lumpur and Penang and visit with colleagues at Universiti Sains Malaysia to discuss the upcoming courses. We’ll try to post some sights and sounds of the country, […]