BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.

Today we went to Antiparos, the island that is right next to Paros. Most beautiful place I’ve been yet! First we just wandered around the town for a little bit waiting for our bus to come pick us up. I got an AMAZING ham/cheese/bacon pastry at this little shop in town for breakfast and then the bus picked us up and brought us up to a cave. We got to walk around the cave on our own for awhile – just beautiful, but HUMID! Oh man the humidity really got to me, especially once I got to the bottom and had to start walking back up. But the stalactites and stalagmites were worth the hike!

After that we went down to another port and got on this small boat that brought us over to an excavation site where people are currently unearthing ancient ruins – it was REALLY cool! We also had a really good small “lecture” I guess you could call it from one of our teachers. He just talked about how important this ancient civilization is in relation to the lives we live today. He talked about how concrete of a foundation they built and how the materials they used have lasted this long, and then we started talking and thinking about how this ancient stuff that’s there now is stronger materials than much of the stuff we use today. Which got us wondering how long of a legacy will we leave with what we build today? Will people thousands of years from now be able to learn anything from us or will all of our buildings and such just be gone because it’s not built to withstand the test of time. It was really interesting.

Then came one of the best parts of this ENTIRE trip! We got back on that small boat and went and drove around a small little sea cave. Then we dropped the anchor – and just jumped in the water in the MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN! It was AMAZING! Super cold right away, but probably one of the most fun and exhilarating things I’ve ever done in my life! It was soooooooo cool!! Afterwards we took the boat back and went and ate lunch at this AMAZING place right next to the water – probably one of the best meals I’ve had this whole trip too!! Ha ha, the bread was AMAZING and I had pork souvlaki (kebob) and some amazing fried potatoes. I love this place.

If you are EVER planning a trip to Greece you have GOT to go to Antiparos, if you have time of course. The cave is apparently one of the oldest in Europe!

Well, I’m working on uploading more photos onto facebook, so just look at that last link that I posted. It’s being kind of finicky, so I’m not sure if it will work right away – but I’m going to keep working on it. I also got Photoshop to work – all together now – YAYYYY!!!! I’ve been trying for the past week, and I’m so excited because now I won’t have to spend so much time on the slow, dinky computers in the school’s computer lab.

Alright – well, that’s all for now!
xoxo

p.s. I was going to add pictures onto here, but it's not cooperating with me, so just look on the facebook link!
Here's a link to the next album - I'll continue to add to this one, so keep checking it!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27388&id=1278630039&l=817b04ec2f