Sarah's Blog

I have never had the opportunity to travel internationally or even to certain states. I want to first start by saying how incredible this trip was to me. It’s hard for me to choose just one thing to talk about as I could talk for hours and hours about each experience I had. However, I have always loved animals, so I am choosing to talk about all the strays in Greece. These dogs and cats are well fed by the people in the cities and usually stay in groups. I was surprised with how friendly the strays are! There were three dogs and probably nine cats that came up to us at the site of Delphi. We were able to feed these animals dog and cat food and show them some love!

There was a specific dog I really bonded with in the city of Itea. He was curled up outside our hotel door so I went out to pet him. When I tried to walk away he jumped up and followed me. He followed and stayed with our group for over an hour! In the states, at least where I’m from, we don’t have strays everywhere that are friendly and come up to people. This was a very interesting part of the culture I was able to experience! I loved every part of this trip but the animals really made an impact on me with each city we visited.