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The
Frankish Castle
This morning the sun was shining as we woke up on the island of Paros. My
roomate and I woke up early and took advantage of the free continental
breakfast at the hotel: granola-like cereals and breads and jams. We had
some free time in the morning, so while other people were out exploring
churches, we decided to check out the Frankish Castle. The building itself
was pretty interesting. It was almost entirely built around by other modern
buildings, and we almost didn't see it. Luckily, the brownish marble
stones of its turret stuck out above the newer white washed houses. What
was neat about the castle was that the Franks used material from ancient
sites to build it, so there were big round column pieces in with the regular
rectangular blocks.
After that, we headed to the little sandy area near our hotel, as we were
determined to hit the beach! However, the Aegean Sea was absolutely
freezing!! We procrastinated awhile, and finally held a countdown to when we
would rush it. BRRRR!!! We dunked under, and headed out towards the sand a few
minutes later.
The group met up again, and there was time for a little shopping and last
minute gyros before the ferry back to Athens. This was the warmest day that
we had experienced yet, and it was great to be able to sit out on the deck of the ferry
and watch the islands of the Cyclades go by as we enjoyed the sunshine.
Later, in Athens, we met up again for a delicious dinner in an outdoor cafe,
and headed out to find some Greek style dancing that we could watch.
Unfortunately we couldn't find the place that we were looking for, so we just
sat down in another cafe to have desserts. To our delight, the place next
door to us began playing traditional Greek music, and soon afterwards an
older gentleman got up and began doing traditional Greek dancing! It wasn't
exactly what we had been hoping for, but it was better than nothing and
still a lot of fun.
Karen Waryas
Earth Science Major
Greece--May 15, 2001
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