Just as everywhere in the world Christmas is a special day in Greece, especially for the children in Kindergarten. Already in November, I started decorating the Kindergarten with big Santas, snowflakes, Snowmen, and many more things including a Christmas tree. Also, all the children told me what they had planned […]
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On a sunny Sunday morning, we got the chance to visit Volissos, the largest village in northwestern Chios. After a dizzy drive, we arrived at Volissos. It was a very warm day so we prepared our caps and enough water. The village is built on a hill and its surroundings, […]
Trip to Kampos 2022 On the Southern part of Chios you will find the area of Kampos. On a sunny spring day, we went to visit this area of the Island. As soon as we entered Kampos, we could appreciate how unique it was. The buildings stand out form the […]
In February 2022 we participated in the gestures competition of the OLS program that takes place twice a year. OLS is an ongoing language support program that enables us to learn the Greek language while we work at school as assistant teachers. To enter the contest we wrote about our […]
During the last few weeks, the main topic in kindergarten was water. The teachers started by explaining the water circulation to the children in an easy way. To start this topic the teachers first asked everyone where the rain and the clouds come from. The children could soon agree that […]
On a sunny Saturday we went on another trip to the south of the island, this time to the capital of the mastic region: Mesta. The castle-village is located 4 km from the sea where it has a big port and has been added to the representative List of the Intangible […]
If the weather and the team are good we sometimes go sailing with the whole group. During our last trip we noticed that the motor of the boat was making strange sounds and therefore decided to check if everything is okay. After we had realized that the propeller was broken […]
Twice per week, one or more of the EVS volunteers went to the building of the 3rd and 8th primary schools of Vrontados. There they have a ‘Zoo’ with different species of birds for the local children to see. The kinds of birds include different chickens, pheasants, a peacock, special […]