Pascoe's 2023 Study Abroad Program to Italy and Greece

06/09/2023

Costas working the grill making kebabs and pork sausages for the meal. Students enjoying a great Greek island lunch.

06/09/2023

06/09/2023

Students practicing their phyllo making skills.

06/09/2023

The second day of cooking with Aglaia Kremezi!

06/07/2023

More pictures from the first cooking class. The students prepared stuffed summer vegetables. They also helped make a foccacia style bread topped with mozzarella and fresh tomatoes and sprinkled with the spice za'atar. They sampled different cheese from various islands. For dessert they had rose petal and pomegranate granita andtahini halva with lemon marmalade sauce.

06/07/2023

Our first cooking class with Aglaia Kremezi at her home on the island of Kea!

06/07/2023

On our way to see Leon we stopped at a family church. We reached the town of Loulis

06/07/2023

Costas took us on a hike to see the Stone Lion of Ioulis in Kea: A little further up the road of the Spring of Kounderis where locals watered their animals, lies the Lion of Kea. The Lion, or Liondas, constitutes one of the most famous sights on the island and is an archaic structure carved out of stone. According to mythology, Kea was once known as the Water Island and was named Ydroussa. The island was considered to be inhabited by water Nymphs. Due to its splendor, the gods got jealous of the island and sent a lion down to ravage its beauty. The lion drove all the Nymphs out of the island, and the place dried out.

The inhabitants of Kea then asked Apollo's son, Aristaeus, for help. He decided to build a temple and dedicate it to the mightiest of all gods, Zeus. His act pleased Zeus, so the god brought rain to the island and the nymphs back to it as well. The most interesting feature of the Stone Lion is the fact that it has a smiling expression on its face. This adds to the mystery of the statue and its existence, considering that its creator is unknown.

06/06/2023

06/06/2023

The group made it to Kea. This is the view from our hotel in the port of Korissia.

06/04/2023

To Kati Allo is a great place to have some real Greek food

06/04/2023

Our first meal in Athens, Greece -- GYROS!