Maggie and Leilah have been volunteering at local refugee camp for several weeks now. For Leilah it’s even the reason she chose to study abroad in Greece,

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“I basically study the refugee crisis at school so that pretty much determined where I should go.”

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And for Maggie it’s a chance to give back and meet some refugees.

Isn’t that the question though, maybe reworded, but nonetheless, who did put that old column there? Isn’t that why people travel across the world, to remote places, to see the magnificence and beauty of sites and to learn about what we know the old columns as: ancient ruins.

As we walked through old train cars to reach the stage of the play, my fellow CYA students and I were instantly intrigued by the uniqueness of the performance, Women of Passion, Women of Greece. Put on by the Theater Wagon of the Railway Carriage Theater (To Treno Sto Rouf) in English, this play captured my interest from beginning to end. Not only was the setting of the play unconventional, but there was only one woman acting in it.

Chris is a waiter at Ρακομπακαλικο. He has bright eyes, an infectious smile, and could talk for days. Those were just some of the things I learned in the first 30 seconds of meeting him.

Daphne Matziaraki,  a Greek documentary filmmaker who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, returned to Greece last fall to make a film about the refugee crisis. She followed a coast guard captain for three weeks and filmed during harrowing rescues. The New York Times featured Matziaraki’s complete documentary.

Watch the complete documentary here 

Source: 4.1 Miles: A Coast Guard Captain on a Small Greek Island Saving Thousands of Lives

The Greeks LOVE their cheese. Since being here, I’ve had cheese in Tiropita (cheese pie), crumbled on salads, and in Spanikopita (spinach pie), and every bit of each has been delicious. It is so plentiful in the meals here, and even a part of Greek history. Ancient Greeks had a god, Aristaios, dedicated to the craft of making cheese! In order to do my part in this homage to cheese, I decided to put together my own Greek cheese platter. I absolutely love making cheese platters for myself, friends, or for entertaining guests. They are very easy to make and you can’t really mess them up!! Plus, they taste delicious.