THE VISIT TO GREECE

      

Comenius Family,

We would like to describe the visit to Greece that took place in Galatsi from 31/3/2014 to 4/4/2014. 

On Monday morning we visited the Mayor of  Galatsi and then the visitors of all countries arrived at  our school which had prepared a   small welcome festivity for our visitors.

After having lunch we headed to Marathon where we visited the famous Tomb of Marathon, and the Marathon Run Museum where we learned a lot of information about the Olympic Games and the Marathon race.

After the museum we visited the winery of Marathon and we returned to the hotel. Later at night our school had prepared a “Greek night” with  local traditional dances and songs. 

                               

The next day we woke up early in the morning.  We visited the Acropolis of Athens with the Parthenon, where we admired this unique monument which was built by Pericles during the Golden Age (500B.C). There the tour guide talked to us about the Parthenon and the historical centre of Athens. Then we visited the Ancient Agora of Classical Athens. Later we visited the new Acropolis Museum which is one of the most important museums in the world. At night we went to the port of  Piraeus and had dinner near the sea. 

On Wednesday we travelled to Delfi  where we visited the Oracle and the Archaeological Museum of Delfi. In the ancient oracle Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. Her oracles were short and enigmatic. Later we went to Arachova, a place which has known touristic development through the years. We had lunch with tasty traditional Greek food and we also stopped at Distomo then returning back to the hotel.  

Thursday was the day when we visited Athens again. During our tour in the center of our historical town we stopped at the Panathenaic      (Kallimarmaro) Stadium  where the first Olympic Games in the world took place in 1896 after the suggestion of the French Pierre de Coubertin.                         

We visited the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and then we had 2 hours to take a small walk in Ermou street. After having supper in a famous tavern in Monastiraki we got to Sounion. There is the Temple of  Poseidon, which was built on the summit of the rock, in honor of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon.  We stayed there long enough to enjoy the beautiful sunset over the Aegean sea.

                                                         

On the last day we were cruising. We woke up early in the morning and  came to Piraeus. The ship departed at 8:00 in the morning. Our school had prepared a cruise in the Saronikos islands.

  

The first destination was the island of  Hydra: a small but very beautiful island. After we walked around  we returned to the cruise ship and had lunch. The next Island was Poros. 

  

The last destination was the island of Aegina. We visited the Temple of Aphaia  Athina and the monastery of Aghios Nectarios.

  

  On our way back to Athens the crew had prepared for us a small show with traditional and modern dances too. At night we returned to the hotel where we had to tell our visitors “goodbye”.

  

Our meeting in our country with our Comenius Family was extremely interesting. We enjoyed our time together with our classmates and teachers from other countries and it was definitely a lifetime experience.

Livieratos Crhristos, Papakonstantinou Evridiki, Koliatou Athanasia, Konitopoulou Eri. (students)     Fatle Stella (German language teacher)