Almost one full month has passed since\nI left to study abroad in Greece and, might I say, it\u2019s been such an awesome experience.\nYes, I felt homesick around the second or third day, but I knew I wasn\u2019t alone.\nMy three roommates were experiencing their own form of homesickness and knew\nthat we\u2019d all get over it by coming together and thinking of ways to be\npositive. The other area of support that helped me through the process was my\nfamily. Even though they\u2019re many miles away across the Atlantic Ocean, I still\nfelt the love from them. Also, side note, thank God for FaceTime because it\nmade everything seem easier by seeing their faces on the phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several words of advices my family\noffered were to get out of the apartment and explore the neighborhood, visit\nsome museums, and meet new friends. After walking around town and familiarizing\nmy surroundings, I found out that most of the supermarkets, banks, and restaurants\nwere in walking distance of my apartment! Also, I forgot to mention how the\nschool is literally two blocks away from me too (LOL). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next on the list was to check out\nthe museums near me. The first one I went to yesterday was the Museum of Cycladic\nArt; which was only a five minute walk from the apartment. I learned that most\nof the artifacts were discovered in Cyprus, around the 3rd<\/sup> century\nB.C. The museum houses both artifacts of\nCycladic Culture and Ancient Greek Art. However, the other place I visited yesterday\nwas The National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Seeing well-known, historical\nartifacts and statues, like Poseidon and Zeus\u2019s were simply breathtaking. I can\u2019t\nimagine how long it must\u2019ve taken for someone to sculpt those masterpieces and simply\nblows my mind! Visiting both those museums were maybe the best decisions I\u2019ve\nmade so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last suggestion was to make new\nfriends while abroad. I\u2019m glad to say that I\u2019ve gained a lot of new friendships\nher in Greece. That number has increased by working together in class on\nassignments, experiencing new landmarks on various class trips, and making\nplans to have morning coffee at local cafes. I hope to gain more friends and memorable\nmoments during my time abroad in Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost one full month has passed since I left to study abroad in Greece and, might I say, it\u2019s been such an awesome experience. Yes, I felt homesick around the second or third day, but I knew I wasn\u2019t alone. My three roommates were experiencing their own form of homesickness and knew that we\u2019d all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[368],"class_list":["post-18684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cya","tag-greece-cya-athens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18686,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18684\/revisions\/18686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}