http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Mikaela/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Mikaela en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:33:10 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:33:10 +0000 Well the traveling the world part of my life is done for nowhellipI sit here in the London Heathrow airport and think of all of the places I have been and all of the things I have done in these last 3 months. I have climbed the largest gorge in Europe hiked a volcano seen a collaboration of ancient ruins seen a show in London and been inside some of the worldrsquos finest museums. Lif http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-355929.html Time is winding downhellipThese past few weeks have been arguably the most fun that I have had this entire trip. Because we are all fairly traveled out I love just being in Rome with my roommates. We do fun things such as decorating for Christmas story time every night haha and family dinners every few nights or so. Our apartment has kind of become the hangout place which is nice and co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-350879.html Rome Italy is a oneofakind city. This week has had some interesting elements to it.1. The president of Saint John's Dan Whalen flew over to treat us to dinner and answer questions concerning our visa crisis. I think I explained it a little but overall we were not issued student visas. Therefore after 90 days we are illegal over here in Europe. Because many people on my trip traveled b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-346994.html After getting to Rome we had about a week off. This was an awesome way to get accustomed to this new overwhelming city. After a few days of that we headed to Venice for a few days. Venice was absolutely amazing. Despite what I had heard from many sources it is not overrated at all. The buildings were old and I really felt like I had stepped back in timeHighlights in Venice includeBuy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-344368.html When in RomeI wake up every morning look outside my 6th story bedroom window and see the walls of Vatican City. I walk outside down my street walk 3 blocks and I enter Vatican City. Being a newly confirmed Catholic this is very cool. I can go and stroll in St. Peterrsquos square whenever. No big.I love Rome I have 5 new fabulous roommates with who I share laughs tears and many many a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-344364.html The time has come. Saturday means goodbye to Athens and hello to Rome I am going to miss Athens terribly. However I think we have seen the highlights of Greece and are ready to see what Italy has to offer us We have started to plan our side trips in Italy. We only have a few free weekends in Italy so we are trying to strategize and rank. As of now top contenders include a weekend t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-337796.html They say that time flies when you're having fun Boy does it ever as we are winding down our time here in Athens.I leave for Rome this Saturday which is less than a week away I cannot believe it. Some of my friends and I were reminiscing back to the first day when we all got here. We emerged from the metro stations looking like lost little dogs. That was the day that my friend Erin and I t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-336062.html Alright Weekend 5 we took a trip to many historical sites in the Peloponnese. Like usual it was all 30 of us plus our directors plus our art history teacher. First stop Corinth. The ancient city of Corinth dates back to 5000 BC or earlier and The Apostle Paul visited Corinth and wrote letters from there Think the bible...The Corinthians There we saw the Temple of Apollo which is a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/blog-336058.html Hello loved ones and friendsWell once again I find myself far far behind on this blog. It's procrastination at its best people.Now I am going to tell you about the best weekend we have had yet in Greece.Santorini Island...for all of you who might not know what I am talking about think the place where they filmed Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Mamma Mia. We actually think we found the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Santorini/blog-334616.html Alright I am super behind on this because we have been on the go Anyway on our last day in Crete I hiked the Samarian Gorge. This is the largest Gorge in Europe and it was definitely one of the best days yet in Greece.This was going to be a close call because we had to make our boat at 8pm. Our hotel receptionist told us there was NO WAY this could be done but we decided that we still ne http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/Chania/blog-331790.html Hello to allI need to get better at updating this more often but it is hard because school has really picked up in a short amount of time.Last week I had long days of class. Some highlights included having a cooking class on Wednesday. We made grilled pitas and tzaziki sauce greek salad and meat. It was delicious and I can't wait to make greek food when I go back home. Food here I have be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/Chania/blog-329738.html Hi everyoneSorry it took me so long to actually send out the website that I started keeping a blog on Anyways this week we had class MondayThursday. I have some of the best professors I have ever had. My favorite is named Robert Pitt and he is a 20something British lad with the dryest most sarcastic sense of humor. He teaches Greek History and he is a great teacher but it is hilarious http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-326033.html Hello all I have been here in Athens for about 6 days or so and I have to say Overall I am loving Athens However while it is a wonderful city CRAZY also comes to mind. One observation I have made is that the Greeks do what they please. People park anywhere and everywhere sidewalks included pedestrians have no rights and mopeds zoom around everywhere and park on sidewalks as well. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-323607.html Hello everyone I am writing to you from London in a youth hostel. A girl from my trip Erin and I got in around noon and have had all sorts of adventures since. After a long redeye flight with little sleep we made an educated guess as to which tube London underground subway station to get off on. Well we made the wrong guess and ended up walking a very long way with our huge backpack http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-321061.html