Saturday was a full and meaningful day. A group of twelve guys started the morning the right way by running a couple of miles before breakfast. After we watched a presentation about the work we’ll be doing with refugees who have fled here to Greece because of war and about the upsurge in refugee populations to Greece over the last 12 years. We talked about ways we can serve them and what our role will be during the trip. Later in the morning we went to the beach together to look out at the Aegean Sea. We took some photos and played around by the rocks. The view of the water was beautiful and we then walked across the street to a Greek Orthodox Church then to a coffee shop. It was a great way to spend our free time before lunch. In the afternoon we traveled into Athens and visited the Hellenic Parliament building and spent time exploring the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology with a few of the teenage refugees whom we will be working with in the coming days. It was really interesting to see how advanced some of the inventions were such as a house alarm and a pulley lever system and to learn about how music was created and used in ancient Greece. It gave us a cool glimpse into the creativity and intelligence of people from thousands of years ago. We then watched the sunset on the bus and headed for dinner. We spent the rest of the evening hanging out, talking, getting snacks, and enjoying each other’s company before getting ready for the next day.
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