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Hey. Just a quick update to say I finally got home safely. I'll put some ending stuff up this week.

:)

St. Nicolaos

Today is Saint Nicolaos' Saintday. He's the patron saint of Volos, so everything is shut down. As I passed by the large church I heard the most incredible singing. The church was so filled with music that it leaked out into a wide area around it. It was so wonderful.

Today I leave Volos. Tomorrow morning I fly home. I will update this blog again after I get home with pictures from the good-bye dinner and about my trip.

Thanks for stopping by.

December 5

Picture: My first day in Athens a long, long time ago in the National Gardens. From left to right: Will, Hilary, and Kyle.








My final presentation went very well, and our guests really liked it. They thought my concept was very original. I really liked seeing how everyone else's came together, too. Tonight is our going away dinner. It will be very bittersweet. We are all happy that our projects are done, but that also means that we have to leave Volos. Tomorrow Kara and I are going down to Athens. My flight is on Friday morning around 9:30. I get to change planes in Germany, go through customs in Philadelphia, and I get home around 8:30 Friday evening. That's 8:30pm home time. So it'll be early in the morning according to my body clock.
I can't believe that I'm leaving Volos tomorrow and Greece the day after tomorrow. I am really happy to be going home, but I can't really believe it.

Monday

Picture: Hilary and I in front of a Christmas tree on the waterfront
Today I learned that I received an A on my Greek final. I'm very happy with that result.

Yesterday we turned in our big, final projects. Mine ended up being around 25 pages. We are presenting them on Wednesday. Today the students in the Greek Culture and Place class are presenting their final class papers, so I get to take a break. Tomorrow we present our Mediterranean logbooks [thank God for spellcheck! I've been in the class the entire semester and still can't spell Mediterranean correctly!]. Mine is about Morocco and Casablanca. And on Thursday we have our exit interviews [not quite sure what those are about], and Kara and I will leave for Athens. Friday I fly home!

This is the end of the semester! Where did the time go?