AAVE Trip BLOG » Italy & Greece #2 - Athens to Rome!
August 5, 2008
Italy & Greece #2 - Athens to Rome!
Posted by Nate at AAVE in : General AAVE Trip BLOG, Italy & Greece , trackback
Italy & Greece Summer Adventure
Hello to everyone back home, from Italy and Greece,
We started off our Italy Greece adventure by meeting each other in the Athens airport. After some lunch we continued to bond on a bus ride to our hotel. We spent the next two days in Greece’s capital exploring historic sites and tasting authentic Greek food.
Next we set out to our camp at Alfios River, learning Greek words from one of our leaders, Filippos off course, and we stopped for a challenging grocery shopping along the way.
When we arrived at our camp site we set up camp and discovered our own private waterfalls. We went swimming and tested our skills by climbing a nearby rock wall, which we sooner or later all accomplished. That night we got to know our trip leaders better and how funny and awesome they are. Filippos, Elisabeth and Lien are all fun and knowledgeable.
We were joined by our eccentric and entertaining river guides who are all especially good at charades.
The next morning we went on a trek through the majestic mountains of Greece, checking out monasteries hidden in the rocks and more than 1000 years old!
We spent the next day on an action packed white water rafting adventure. Along the river, we had a blast pushing each other in the river. After eating lunch on the beach we tested our teamwork by playing fun games in the raft and occasionally falling in the water. We spent our last day in this camp on exciting but vigorous water trek. We bouldered our way through the river and some of us struggled to stay on two feet! When we reached the end of the river, we made our way into a spooky cave filled with bats! We returned from our river camp with cd’s from our river guides in hand, which we are very excited to listen to. That night we packed up camp for the next morning’s departure.
We have now arrived on Lefkada island for more fun and adventures!
From the Italy & Greece #2 group
Molly, Aaron, Adam, Beth, Sarah, Kate, Rebecca, Evan, Maria, Kailey and our awesome trip leaders Lien, Elisabeth and Filippos, Loving the AAVE Life!
Italy Summer time sunset
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