How Travel Unlocks Secrets, as Seen at the Acropolis in Greece
The wind atop Greece’s Acropolis whipped my hair like a milkshake as I stared at the towering stone women. Why did they look so familiar? “You are looking at the …
Greece Teacher Travel
Dive into these articles from the Greece teacher tour I took to travel through ancient ruins, history, and modern delights of this wonderful country: from Delphi to Athens.
Why I Said NO to a Name Change After Marriage
Women, it is an option to keep your last name… “Have a good summer, Ms. Marshall!” my students hollered as they poured out of the class and into the sweaty …
Graffiti is All Over Greece. Is it by Artists or Vandals?
There is so much graffiti in Greece, we even saw graffiti on the PLANTS growing up the Acropolis in Athens. Throughout our Greece Teacher Tour, we’d exclaim, “Look at that …
Men Dressed as the Blues Brothers at the Parthenon of Athens, Greece?!
“I’m not leaving the Acropolis until we get a photo with those Blues Brothers!” I declared to my companions from our Greece Teacher Tour. We were standing next to the …
The Fashion and Meaning of Greek Men in Skirts Dancing
Traditional Greek dance consists of men in fluffy white skirts spinning and jumping. And it’s great! On our last day in beautiful Nafplio, Greece, our Greece teacher travel tour nestled …
Heavenly Orange Picking With Kittens in Nafplio, Greece
Just when our teacher tour thought Nafplio, Greece couldn’t get any more gorgeous and charming, the owner of our hill-top hotel invited us to go orange picking in his private …
Nafplio: The Most Lovely Town We Traveled to in Greece
“Why are we staying longer in Nafplio than in the other towns in Greece?” we on the Greece Teacher Travel Tour asked our guide, Mara. Mara smiled knowingly. “You will …
Eating the Best Foods of Greece Like Zeus Ate Athena
The ancient Greek gods did a lot of eating of their children. Zeus ate Athena’s pregnant mother, only to have his daughter spring out of his head once Hephaestus split …
Olympia, Greece: History and Scandal at the Original Olympic Site!
I never realized the sheer amount of nudity in the ancient Olympic Games until our teacher tour of Olympia, Greece this week. “The ancient Greek Olympic Games took place from …
Scandalous Facts Behind the Oracle of Delphi in Greece
What actually happened during the hundreds of years between 720 B.C.E. and 395 A.D. when ancient Greeks consulted the Oracle of Delphi? Who was this magical woman named Pythia whose …