Graduate student Laura Albers decided last year to spend her summer this year
traveling Europe and she made it her personal mission to convince her sister
and two best friends to join her on the journey. Lucky for Laura, they
didn’t take too much convincing. They met up on the other side of the globe
for a holiday in Greece. This is their story…
Day 1: Arrival in Athens
My friend Katie and I land in Athens in the early afternoon and wait for the
arrival of our two co-voyagers – which takes nearly the entire day, but by
the end of it we’re together, the four of us, and are finally ready to
begin our adventure.
We make our way to the hotel, wash away the travel dust, and go for a nice
dinner in the Plaka – a beautiful area of Athens with plenty of shops,
cafes and restaurants. The food is delicious – souvlaki (think meat on a
stick), tzatziki (an amazing white sauce... (more)
Having heard so much about the city of Barcelona, the beauty, the art, and
the people, I decided it was time to dust off the old Spanish vocab and check
it out myself. After eight years of high school and college level Spanish,
I thought I knew a decent amount of the language. What I quickly learned
was how those lessons once memorized become vague recollections without
constant practice. Now I was only prepared with a few key phrases in the
field. I knew some necessities like “¿Dónde están los
baños?” Where are the restrooms? “Cerveza, por favor.” ... (more)
Visiting Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi, and Atrani - just a few of the gorgeous
towns that make up the Amalfi Coast will have you living the good life too.
The Amalfi Coast is the perfect place to take a yacht vacation; the view from
sea is breathtaking. Looking to shore, you’ll see a vertical wall of
rock, land, and buildings on top of each other, just begging you to dock and
come explore.
Legend has it, the god Hercules loved a nymph named Amalfi and when she died
the gods buried her in southern Italy and that is where Amalfi derives its
name. Today the Amalfi Coast is one ... (more)
Laura Albers, who both wrote this article and took the photos, is a graduate student.
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