Today I woke up to our dore bell ringing. It was Vikey our secetary and she sead that we were late to class. I had thought that my 8:00 am class started on Thursday but I figured I was wrong and rushed down stairs after geting drest and was still in a sleepy dase when I asked here what where class was meeting. It turned out hat it was Benet my roomate who was late and I was all right as far as classes go. I ended up eating some breakfast and studies for our quiz for bible class earler this morning.

Today is joust another regular day of classes. We ended up having a make up day for HUM 270 this afternoon to help us get throu the miteral for test on Saterday night. I then had another class on networking up in the lab. Tonight for supper we are going out to eat. I ended up going out with group to get pizza at place caled TAZ. It was very good. I also had some ice creem after our meal befor wacking back to campus. When I arived back at Artumus I helped setup a Linix server out of some of the old computers and upgraded the ram on some of the others older mishines. Then it was time to do more home work for tomaor.

Tuesday May 24, 2005

This morning I woke up bright and early and came down for break fast at 6:40 am. At breakfast many of the people who had hard boiled eges that were from todays bach had two yoks in them. That was intersting. Once break fast was over it was off to finish getting redy for our trip into Athans on the bus to go see the Acropolus, Parthonon, Marze hill and Areopogon. The buss puled out at little befor 7:00.

Today was a ausom day. It was unbelevable in many ways to think that I was standing in so many of of the places that I have heard about in the bible or in classes growing up. It was amazing. It was defently one of the hilights of the time that I have spent here so far. One thing that I was suprized about is that I did not seam to get very tired as we went throu the day and that did not seem like tomuch information. I seemed to asorbe the info along with the sroundings around me.

Acroplis

We arived and started our tour joust out side of the theater that is joust outside the walled ariea of the Aropolus. We use wirless head sets as we tour places with our tour guid having a mike so that we can here the tour guid speaking in our ear and realy makes a big difference in trying to hear what is going on. Mine kep sorting out at the verie begining and I had to get a new ear peace but othe than that the day went realy smoothly.

Ampatheater

This was neet to see how the seats are built into the side of the heal and to think of all the marble that would have had to be moved and carved out to make it what it is today. I am defently going to try to come see some event deuring the sumester here if posible.

Parthonon

Being able to see the Parthionon up close and personal for the first time was defently a hilight of the day along with getting to be on Marze hill. The Parthonon was much biger than I had amigined it to be. All the detal that went into making it and the lijistics of being able to move that much stone and marble is hard to beleve that they built such amzing structurs as this. One disipointing thing was the fact of all the restoration work that is going on that caused it not to look like it does with out all the scafling aroind it, but still was amzing sight. Once the restorations are compleat if ever it will be neet to see what it once looked like. The details that went into each of the freazes and the size of everting. Words can’t describe it.

Marze Hill

This was probly the hilight of the day. Being at the place where Paul might have deliverd his speach to the Areopogous. The steps that I went up were well worn and the rock was much jaged than I would have expected it to be. It was also much smaller and closer to the Parthon that I had amjened. They realy are right next to each other in proximity. I had amjened it being a 1/2 mile away or so on a hier hill off in the distance similar to the hill where the man had his toum to the left looking out from the Entence gate steps to the Acopolus. Being able to sing and to here the scriptur read is defently someting that I will never forget. Was the hilight of my day and might be of my trip.

lunch

Today we ate a nice 4 cours lunch. It was very good. Here are some photoes of some of the things that we ate. During the lunch the water bought us some more watter and when I went to set the jar of watter down it barly tuched one of the other dirking glases on the table and it shaterd. This was very suprizing and unexpected. The only ting that I can thing is that the glass was made out of cristal and was older and had minor fracturs in it all read. Between the wormer watter, worm air, and the cold glass alll comming in contat is what caused it to break. All around this was very odd.

When I went to the rest room this was an intersting expernce. It was a short hallway off the kitchen for both men and wemon and aobut 4 feet wide. In side a smalll room was 2 dores that lead to men and wemons restroom and they both saired a sink out side. Was tight quorters and like a party in many wasy as we all went to go the rest rooms.

watter weal / market

The watter clock was very cool. I love looking at injinutive tings and it was neet to see some of there inventions. The differnt acuducts and restroom fesilities were also interesting and to thingk about all the tecnoligy that they had for there day. Was very amazing.

Another thing that was neet was the marke place. To think of Paul woking throu here as he bought suplyes and touced to people about Christ. To be able to wauck where he probly had waucked at one poiont in time. The pilers and all the marbal was also inpresive. The details that were on the top of each of the colums and to thing that this structure at oen time had a roof on it was also somting amzing to think about. To have such a larg span and the detal every where was realy neet to think about.

Back at Portrafti Supper

ended up going out to eat. We ended up at a place on the board wack over looking the sea. The food was very good. The wate did not speak english so our ordering and comunication was intersting. I ended up haveing a sanwich with pork on peta bread. It was very good. I also had some frise and bread. At the end when we left the water came back saying that we did not pay enouf signling by writing on peac of paer a number and pointing at us and then wrighting what shoud have payed. They had mis counted the money I gues. We had actulay given more thatn enouf and included a nice tip but for what ever reason they miss some of the money as they counted it. The ended up figuring it out befor we payed more. Was saying we were down 10 earo wich is a lot of money.

Worked on home work in the evening and was exosted after the long day of wacking. Big day of classes tomao but all is going well over all.

Today was joust a regular day of classes. Not much going on here. We did have a group of HU students come and visit us for the afternoon tho. They are doing a campain in Athans for little over a week. They came and sat throu part of our chaple service and for lunch. We had a more american luch, chiken nugets, frise and corn.

Tonight we had a mixer get to know each other better. We all turned in sheets with information about our selves and Die Mie put togeter finder right person question and answer sheet for us. That was a lot of fun. We found out that Dr. Baber had rode in a Drayer in colage, and some other intersting thigs about people. Mrs. McKlardy had travled to 9 countersy in 12 days. We then all played a game where we try to get our selves un tangled. We all got into 3 circles and then each grabed another person hand acrost the circle and then tryed to get un tangled. Our group came very close to getting it done in 10 min but did not. We ended by picking some one up and roling them over some one’s elces sholders whale still holding hands.

Everyone then had a bible study and discused what we had learnd and made plands for our trip to the Acropolice and Marse Hill tomaor. Leave birght and early in the moring 7:15. Brakfast is 6:30 am. I cant wate!!!

This morning we had our regular day of classes. Today was my last day to only have 2 classes on a odd day. Our classes are broken up into odd and even days and we alternate days based on the date is even or odd number. Starting Monday when Dr. Babber arives I will start to have Operating Systems at 8:00 am and then Networking at 9:00. The rest of the classes will be the same Humanities 270 and Humanities 201 wich we are waching a mov in right now.

This morning Mr. Myhan our director anounced that we had a coice of going to see the sun set on top of a mounton named Sounion or go see the new Star Wors Episode III movy that came out yesterday in Grofatta dew to it being clouty out side. The sun set would not be good with the clouds and not being clear. So that is what we did tonight. We will be going back to Sounion to see the sun set later in the summester on a better day.

Today in chaple Deno Ruso the minister / misinary at the church in Athans spoke to us. He brought a elder and wife that support the work here and are in town visiting with him. He also brought a convert who is Russian and is now speaking for the Russian service that the church in Athans. Deno inteperted for him as he spoke in Greeak. That was very interesting.

We departed at 3:00 for Grofatta wich is a mor americanised town on the coast about 45 min away from Portrafti. Our director Mr. Myham droped us off from our charter bus and gave us a little orentation giving us our barings of where things were and then we were on our own for supper. The group going to the movy were to meet back around 5:30 in a park like squair acrosed froma market beffor going to see the Movie as a group.

Benet, Joe, David, and my self went over to the Pizza Hut where we ended up ordering 2 Medem pepronie pizzas to start with and latter got another medeam. We had to pay 1.50 Ero each for the table wich is different from the states but we had the table for as long as we wanted it then. We ate out side on a street corner in a finsed in patteo. Our watter was a very nice felow. He was intrested in on of the books that Joe had on the table about tanks. He went and got a pice of paper and wrote down the information so he could go get a copy of it to read. I had a Coke Colla to drink with limon that was very good. We sat there from about 4:20 to 5:15 and had a nice dinner there. One funy thing that we saw was a car puled up on the street curb to park right on the side wack under neth the stop light on the courner. You shere would not see that in the states… you would get a tiket. haha.

Well from there we met up with the group in the park and went over to the movie theater. The theater that we wached was farly new and was very nice in side. The movi started at 6:20 pm and coust 7.00 Ero. Not to bad. I ended up sitting with two guyes from greece, Benet, and David Mathews who is our new SA VP at HU next fall. The I ended up tocking with the Two locals for some time. One who was sitting right next to me usto be a travl agent and spoke good english. From what I understand his sone who was sitting next to him spoke farly well also. We started out tocking about the movie and the guye sone had seen one of them when he was a boy. They liked the action and effects, story line so they decided that they weould come back and see the new one. They were both very nice people. We tocked about the fact that I was here for school and they wonderd where I was fom in the US. I toled them I was from Arkansaw and they sed where Bill Clinton is from, I sed yes. The man next to me has a good frend who livesin Cicogo, IL and he sed that he had travled to see him.

By the time Intermition came around His son and I formly interduced our selves and shook hands. We tocked a little more and the wonderd what pople in US thought about the War in Iraq virses what the Media ses. We tocked about hat for short while and then the movie start backup again.

You hered me right!! There are intermtions in the movies over here. It was nice and gave a chance to streach and for the many children to go get more food and go to the rest room.

We then walked back to the squair to meet backup with the rest of our group befor bording the bus to head back to Portrafti. We gatered around and chatted a little bit and some people went throu the market and bought things.

Tomaro we are taking our first trip into Athans Greece on public transportation. We will go as a group this time and the rest of the time we will be on our own to go with a group of frends on sundays or when ever we want to. We will eat lunch in Athans and touer around a little bite befor meeting back up to wack over to the church for evning services in English. That should be a very intersting day and exiting to see and meet with some more local ciristians.

I am off to bed now. I am getting tired. It is little after midnight here and tomaor will be a big day.