Today was our final day of this amazing trip unfortunately. We started the day early with some breakfast down stairs. We then proceeded to look at more of the Athens and Marathon sites. The coolest site that we saw was the soccer stadium that Greece national soccer team plays at. Seeing an Olympic sized pool was also very cool to see. Michael Phelps swam in it also! Marathon was really cool because I had never really known the history of why a Marathon is what it is. The amount of history in Greece is crazy. I’ve always been interested in Greek gods and Zeus especially. But learning the backstory of Athena and Nike was very cool. I didn’t know Nike meant victory. But the highlight of the day was when we went to the beach. The water at the beach was absolutely gorgeous. With amazing views of the mountains in the distance it feels dystopian almost. We grabbed lunch on the beach and I had a barbeque chicken pizza which was pretty delicious. Getting this last day to just chill out and lay in the sun was very needed for everyone in the group. We played volleyball a little but I took a big nap out in the sun and worked on my tan. I actually had to be woken up from my nap so I did now miss the bus back. When we got back we counted up our scavenger hunt scores and unfortunately I did not win. But professor Kim provided cool gifts for everyone. We had a late dinner at about 8 pm. Most of the conversation was centered on reminiscing on the trip and started to make everyone a little sad. Dinner was very good having Saganaki, zucchini balls, sausage and lamb chops, I was absolutely stuffed by the end of the meal. After we wrapped up dinner we sadly said goodbye to professor Kim. The rest of the group proceeded to go to a rooftop restaurant to enjoy the rest of the night one last time. After many laughs and memories and jokes, me and a couple of people from the group decided to call it a night early as we needed to head to the airport at 6:15 the next morning. On the walk back I did a lot of reflecting on the trip and it is crazy how much this trip changed me and how much I learned. But just to think about how 3 weeks ago not even I randomly met 13 people from Syracuse that I’ve never talked to then proudly calling these same 13 amazing people good friends of mine. Surprisingly there were no issues between the group at all, everyone really just clicked together which really just made the trip that much better. So as I type this heading to the airport, I am so glad that I took this trip as I got to learn so much about the Olympics and create memories with some awesome people.
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