The Greek culture is filled with laid-back cafes and places to pick up a cheap gyro (only about 3 Euros), but only a few internet cafes. Even in these cafes it is mainly tourists who are checking their email. So unfortunately it has not been a top priority to get myself online, which has caused this blog to suffer in return. However, since I am now at an Internet cafe, I will give a quick rundown of what I have been up to in the past month or so.

It's been the same old routine with classes, but there were two very welcomed interruptions. The first was that I traveled the mainland of Greece for about five days as a sort of "field trip" for the program. We stopped at almost every major tourist site including the Acropolis in Athens, the Oracle of Delphi, and the Olympic Stadium. It was very rushed and I spent many hours on a bus, but it was all worth it to be able to see everything that we did. The other trip was one that I took with a couple girlfriends to Barcelona, Spain. We stayed in a hostel for six nights and met a variety of people from around the globe. This trip was focused more on nightlife than seeing the sites and it was a nice change of scenery from what we were used to.

As for the rest of the time in Rhodes, we have rented cars and driven around the island to explore where the buses will not take us, such as the southern tip of the island (where there is amazing snorkeling) and Lindos (where there is a castle on top of a hill that you can ride donkeys up to)! Easter is almost here, which is the official kick-off of tourist season, so I'm sure I will find plenty more things to explore as more businesses begin to open.

I only have one more month in Rhodes, so I will try my hardest to write more often! After that I will be in Dion, Greece for a three week summer course and then who knows after that. Maybe island hopping? The possibilities are endless...