Danny writing: Tonight all of the GTL students were taken to Metz (20 min bus ride) for a tour of the city and a free pizza dinner. Besides seeing the train station, this was the first time we really got a chance to check it out. We were dropped off in a square by the city's main cathedral and our guide (a student who's been over here for 2 years working on her masters degree) showed us some of the highlights of the city, as well as some pubs to check ...

Day 6: May 11, 2008 - Sifnos Laura is letting me write this one…we got into the port of Kamares again around 11:00, and it was raining. We set out to explore the town a little and possibly rent a scooter (not a four-wheeler, to save some money and now that I'm more comfortable driving around the hilly roads). However, the cold/rainy weather deterred us from going that route. Unlike the previous ports, we only took 1 picture before going back to ship. As ...

Day 5: May 10, 2008 - Paros This morning, we arrived in Paros. We ported in a town called Parikia, which we read had a pleasant beach just about a kilometer from the dock. We thought that sounded perfect so we headed off the boat ready for that. As we strolled through the town, we saw a lot of nothingness. There was a nice marina which we tried to get some pictures of the town from and some cute cafes but that was about it. When we arrived at the beach, ther...

Day 4: May 9, 2008 - MykonosThis morning we arrived in Mykonos. We got up early in hopes of seeing the ship approach the island but we got up too early and there was nothing exciting in sight. At 10 am we had a safety drill where we had to go to our muster stations donning our orange life jackets. At 11:00, we arrived in Mykonos. The "port" we arrived at did not have much in sight, but there were some cute tug boats and a few fishing boats. The tugboats were pain...

DAY 3: May 8, 2008 - Greek Island Cruise Departure from Piraeus & Arrival in Aegina On the train ride to Piraeus, we realized that we did not have any tickets printed off for our cruise. We started to get worried…we'd been so focused on figuring out how to get there that we did not pay any attention to what we'd need to do when we got there. We tried to check our E-mail from the middle of a square in Piraeus but that did not work so we decided we'd just ...