Archive for Mary Joos
Coming Home
As we leave Atlanta on the final leg of our journey, reflection comes naturally. There are many ways to “count” this trip and experience. Days: 17 Busses: 5, one with a broken window Countries: 4, well 5 if you count Vatican City Miles: Countless. You’d have to ask Demitri or Franz or one of our [...]
The Adventure Begins
Aaron and Mary spent Sunday afternoon getting prepared to start our Olympic Quest! We began our journey at the St. Peter home of Stephanie Hailperin learning how to make authentic Bavarian food – specifically Rouladen. Rouladen is a German Roulade consisting of beef wrapped around bacon wrapped around a pickle. The roll is then seared [...]
Welcome to 2013!
The new year has come which means we are fast approaching our departure for Olympic Quest 2013. The students (and Mary and Aaron) have been reading and researching in preparation for our trip. We have everyone reading two books to help them orient themselves to the Olympics and to Greece, our first stop. ”Private [...]
Welcome to Olympic Quest!
It is December and here at Gustavus most students and faculty are busy wrapping up on semester while anxiously looking forward to break! We are Olympic Quest are looking forward as well – but we are looking forward to January and beginning our adventure through the Ancient and Modern Olympics. This will be our blog throughout our [...]