Off to Greece Day #1!

After 2 years of planning and many, many Travel Club meetings we are finally off to Greece! We can only hope this trip is as great as Costa Rica 2014 and the European Quartet 2016 (Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and Londen). 

We started our journey Thursday leaving Assabet at 12:30pm with 44 students and 7 chaperones. 

Kids on the bus trip to Boston were great. The 7 hour flight to Frankfurt, Germany went smoothly. After a 2 hour layover we had another 2.5 hour flight into Athens. We met our tourguide Ava and took a coach straight to a walking tour of Athens. No rest for the weary! 

Students catching some Zzzz's in between flights from Germany to Athens. 

Athens is an amazing city of 5 million people - almost half the entire population of Greece lives in Athens. After an hour free time we had a traditional Greek dinner called Mousaka. It was delicious. Very new for the students but after lunch a long day they were happy to eat anything. 

Dinner #1- Mousaka- like a layered lasagna with meat, potatoes, and eggplant 

Students were in bed by 8:30. Everyone was exhausted. Big day tomorrow- going to see Olympic Stadium and the Parthenon at the Acropolis. 

Walking totals for Day 1 compliments of Mr. Ghiloni: 
Steps: 9000
Converted miles: 4.5

Overall Totals for Trip:
Steps: 9000
Converted miles: 4.5

As always I will be including some thoughts and impressions from our students each day of the blog. Thanks to Victoria and Nick for helping me out tonight! 

Victoria Silva, Junior, Health Tech

Today we began our long-awaited journey to Greece with flights from Boston and then Germany. After several naps during transport to help with jet lag, and exploration of the various airports, we arrived in Athens for our first adventures in the cities of Greece. With our tour guide Eva, we walked the city, and were given time to explore the shops, sights and streets. Afterwards, we settled back at our hotel, and shared our first Greek meal for dinner.

Nicholas Houle, Senior, Metal Fab

The first day of being in Greece was an eventful one. It started off slow but as we got moving though the day it became more fun and exciting. As we were all riding the bus you just start seeing landmarks pop up and it was really intriguing and gave a look into the culture of Greece and its people. Then as we got off the bus and our tour guide started showing us around the streets of Athens and you can see all the small thing that make up the area. From seeing old ruins or a small store that sold items made by the people of the city. It really showed the sense of community the people have in the area and gave the city a warmer presence and welcoming feeling.