We had the chance to visit a lot of interesting places around Athens and Peloponnese. First, we walked around the centre of Athens, we went up Acropolis and admired the monuments and the view from up there, we watched the 'tsoliades' at Syntagma Square and we had 'souvlaki' in Monastiraki. Finally, we went up the steps to Lycabettus hill - that was exhausting!- but we were rewarded with the magnificent view of Athens at night. It was a strange feeling for us the Greeks to be like tourists in our own city, as some of us had never been to the places we visited before...
On another day, we went on a whole day trip to Mycenae, Nafplion and Epidaurus. On the way, we stopped at the Corinth Canal. In Mycenae we visited the archeological site and Atreus Tomb and imagined how people lived in prehistoric times. Then, we travelled to Nafplion, the first capital of modern Greece. The view from the venetian castle was breathtaking! We walked down the 999 steps to the town, but they were 934 - we counted them!
The best part of the trip was the ancient theatre of Epidaurus. Christina recited the hymn to love, which the chorus sang in Sophocles' Antigone. Then Yorgos, Ismini and Yolanda led by Ms Eva Nantsi acted parts of the tragedy! Many other students were part of the chorus. It was improvisation on the spot and it was great!
We had a great time together and we tried to show our Italian friends the way we enjoy ourselves. So we had dinner all together, we heard Greek music and we taught them how to dance syrtaki, tsifteteli and other Greek dances so that they could join us.
The Greek eTwinning team
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