This photo was taken at the remains of ancient Roman baths on the Greek island of Corinth. I traveled here as part of a 6-week Ohio State study abroad trip to Greece, in which we participated in archaeological work with our professors as well as our own individual research. Here, I am assisting in standard cleanup procedures of the floors’ frescoes. Each day, we hiked across Greek islands in search of other ancient sites, and took back samples to our house to catalogue and study. I learned quite a bit about the history and culture of Greece, which was particularly fulfilling for me, as I am Greek.
I got to speak with the locals in their native tongue, and served as a guide on the trip whenever our professors were not with us. It helped me to develop both my language and leadership skills. Also, we each got to complete a research project that had to be related to Greece in some way, so I conducted individual interviews, internet research, and on-site investigations in the town of Karavas, Kythera to explore the very unique political climate of the small Greek island in the midst of the economic crisis.