Over the almost week I’ve been in Athens, I have done many activities ranging from cooking food to hiking to the top of Athens. Throughout all of these adventures though, my favorite has to be the today where we toured the Temple of Poseidon and stayed on the beach till the sunset. The Temple of…
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My favorite thing so far in Greece
So far in Greece we have done many things that have been extremely cool and that have grown my appreciation for other cultures. The best thing that we’ve done in my opinion, and my personal favorite has to be the acropolis tour. This was the most fun because it showed the history of Ancient Greece…
Views for Days at Poseidon’s Temple
My favorite site visit thus far in the trip has been visiting Poseidon’s Temple. We started off our day by taking a scenic bus tour on the way to the temple led by our tour guide, Dimitri. We were able to see different coastal neighborhoods in the suburbs of Athens on the way to the…
My favorite experience so far!
My favorite activity of this trip so far was the cooking activity at “Eat With Your Greek Cousin”. It was such a nice way to break up the week from company visits. The host cook was very outgoing, which made the experience even more enjoyable. My table and I really enjoyed making our creations and…
Trip Favorites So Far
So far, the most interesting sight visit for me has been the venomics lecture from the university on Friday. As someone who has a lot of interest in chemistry and it’s different applications, I really liked hearing about the different reactions and sources for finding new chemicals and it was cool connecting some of the…
Making My Own Authentic Greek Cuisine: My favorite Activity So Far
Today I will be sharing my personal favorite experience thus far on my Plus3 Greece trip. The activity that I enjoyed the most was our time at Eat with your Greek cousin which is a cooking class experience in Athens. While there we had the opportunity to create a handful of local dishes with fresh…
Poseidon’s Temple
Today I think I had my favorite experience of the trip so far. We traveled about an hour and a half to Sounion where Poseidon’s Temple is located. Similar to the Parthenon, it is about 2500 years old. Along the way the landscapes became more and more rugged and wild and I really enjoyed watching…
Honestly Might Get Back Into Painting
My favorite outing thus far in Greece was definitely my time in downtown Athens at the Benaki Museum! This museum was filled with a rich density of culturally significant items, such as ancient Mycenean pottery, orthodox artworks, and Byzantine clothing and furniture. As someone who grew up going to Sunday school, closely observing the orthodox…
A Day in the Life of Plus3 Greece
Today in Greece we had a fun filled day full of a variety of different activities. We started our day by taking the metro to the Athens branch of the University of Nicosia. While there we got to experience a fascinating lecture from Professor Sarigiannis about peptides found in venom. He discussed how separating and…
Museum and Unic Athens Tour 2
Today we started the day with another trip to UNIC Athens, where we had a lecture about the use of peptides in venom medicine. I haven’t done much research into the use of ultrashort peptides in modern medicine, so the implications they have for the future of medicine and materials intrigued me. After our lecture,…
Cats, Culture, and Kolonaki
I began my fifth day in Athens with a coffee and croissant on the rooftop with my friends. As the days have gone on, many people in the program have started exploring different breakfast spots around the city, and I have really enjoyed discovering new places with them. Exploring the area has also helped improve…
Peptides and Pretty Views!
We began our fifth day in Athens by taking the metro from Omonia to UNIC Athens. At UNIC, we attended a lecture about the chemistry of venoms and peptides, and how they can be used to make drugs, which was especially interesting to me as a chemical engineering student. Something I found especially interesting was…
Creativity to Culture
We started off our day at UNIC to learn about polypeptides with Dr. Sarigiannis where he shared intriguing ways that scientists are working on healing illnesses based on the chemical compounds of various venoms and poisons. This was of extreme interest for me, wso he told me about his current project. He is working on…
Day 5 – From Corner Coffee to the Top of Athens
Today started off early with a cup of coffee from the shop around the corner with a group of friends. We had started going earlier in the trip, and now it has become a routine to go before we have to meet with the rest of the group. After that, we went to UNIC Athens…
Peptide Maxxing Soon
I started my day today with a quick coffee trip to a nearby café with some of my friends here. It’s a small shop by the street ran by a woman and who I guess to be her husband. I’m a fan of her cappuccinos so I got one as well as a small box…
Top of the World: Day 5 in Paradise
Today was another beautiful day in Athens. We began the day by taking the metro to the UNIC Athens campus and attending a lecture on venom and polypeptides, run by Dr. Ionnis Sargiannis, a professor in the Life & Health Sciences department. In this lecture, we learned about the formation of different proteins and peptides…
Molecules to Mountains: Greece Day 5!
By Opal Miller Today we attended a lecture at UNIC Athens, visited the Benaki museum, and saw the top of Mt. Lycabettus. In this morning’s lecture, we learned about venom chemistry, and how the different molecules in venom cocktails and their functional groups can be chemically manipulated to form analogs with medicinal applications. Some examples…
Peak Point in Greece
Today, we started off our day with an informative lecture at UNIC by Professor Sarigiannis. We learned more about peptide products becoming increasingly popular, and how various venoms from snakes, lizards, and even scorpions is derived for peptide production. I was very intrigued by this topic as a chemical engineering major and bioengineering minor, as…
Peaks and Peptides
We started our day by heading to the UNIC Athens campus for a lecture from Dr. Yiannis Sarigiannis about peptides, motivated by their use in antivenoms, how they have developed over time, and where current research stands. I would say I generally don’t enjoy chemistry as much as other subjects, but I found this lecture…
Walking to the tallest point in Athens
Today was a doozy to say the least. We began with a lecture from UNIC about venoms vs. poisons and how the research for their antidotes can change the whole medical world. Afterward we traveled to Kolonaki for some delicious lunch, which was some gyros for me, and visited the Benaki Museum. This Museum was…