Andros and a Nunnery

Greetings from Greece! It's been a crazy couple of days, but I wanted to share a few pictures with you of some things we have gotten to do the last few days. There are so many beautiful sights here, and we are having so much fun! A couple of days ago we got to go to the island of Andros. It was a lot of fun! We went into the city and walked around some cool shops. Nikki and I also had an adventure. There was an old lighthouse that was really pretty but to get to it, you had to climb an old stone bridge. We had some help, and the views were worth it.


After lunch, we got to go to a beach and swim and snorkel in the Aegean Sea. The water was FREEZING cold, but getting to say I was in the Aegean Sea made it worth it. In order to get warm, we had some fun taking pictures. Here are two of my friends jumping around!

We were at the Batsi Beach and were leaving at sunset. These next two pictures I took at dusk and it give you a good idea of how beautiful the area was.


Today we went into Athens to go shopping. For those of you who have asked, the protests in Athens have affected us indirectly. The Greeks keep going on strike, and they have days where they strike different things. Yesterday there was a transportation strike, so we couldn't get into the city on the bus system because they weren't running. Typically, Greeks do not strike two days in a row, so today we got to go into Athens. We have heard rumors that there is going to be an electricity strike on Monday, so that could be interesting. It shouldn't affect us leaving on Wednesday and the protests are not causing problems for us directly. It just causes us to sometimes have to come up with creative solutions to get around depending on what they do.

After shopping this morning, we had lunch at a delicious restaurant in downtown Athens and then came back to the Bible college for a little while before going to visit a nunnery. Everyone in Greece is Greek Orthodox, so seeing an active and working nunnery was interesting. It was beautiful, and I was able to get some good pictures before we got yelled at for doing so. Here is a sample for you!


Inside of the church, there are icons that surround the entire thing that tell the story of the Bible in pictures. It ends at the top of the ceiling with Jesus in heaven. Here is a picture of that.


Finally, here is a picture of a pretty area that was outside and of me and Nikki in our long dresses.


Tomorrow we are going to Corinth, and I am SOOO excited!! We get to see lots of historical stuff and swim in the Ionian Sea. Pictures and updates to come soon on our continuing adventures. Class is finished, so everything that is left is getting to sightsee, which will be very cool. We are having a blast, and I am so thankful that I am getting to share this trip with Nikki and some of the most awesome people! Happy Thursday! :)