And so it begins...

Well, after a few days worth of packing, some tough goodbyes, and about 15 hours of travel skipping one night's sleep, I made it to greece to begin my 6 month adventure made possible by the generous donations of Frances L. Phillips to the one and only University of North Carolina (UNC people, you should definitely look into the phillips scholarship if you haven't already). Its a strange thing knowing you won't be back home for half of a year, and even stranger knowing I don't have classes and Chapel Hill waiting for me when I get back. Anyway though... I'm gonna go ahead and try to post some updates here as quickly as possible because internet for 2 euro/30 min gets pretty pricey.

I arrived in Greece on 29 July and met up with some other girls in the Athens airport who are also doing the turtle project, 2 from the UK and one from Washington. Myself and the other american, coincidentally also named Lisa, spent the next day and a half hanging out in Athens. We met up with Kostas, brother of my friend Bryce, who showed us around a bit and was overall incredibly helpful getting us to the right bus, even if it meant getting to work late. We toured the Acropolis and saw the Parthenon, ate some souvlaki, and got to see some great views of Athens which is a gigantic city. Time in Athens came to an end pretty quickly though, as we boarded our bus-ferry-bus-car sequence to get to the town of Katelios on the island of Kefalonia. We arrived in Katelios on the evening of the 30th, still pretty jet lagged, but ready to figure out what we would be doing for the next month.