Off week came to an end yesterday with a tour of the Ancient city of Corinth, a scenic boat ride down the Corinth canal, and most exciting of all, bungee jumping off a bridge over the canal. Coming on this trip, I knew that we were going to have the opportunity to go bungee jumping. This is never something that I would not have considered under normal circumstances however; I figured that spending the summer in Greece is a once in a lifetime kind of thing so I might as well do it.
When we arrived at the bridge, the people at Zulu Bungy got the 24 of us or so that decided to do it suited up in harnesses and ankle straps. At this point, I was excited and ready to go. Once we all headed down to the rickety bridge where the platform was, I realized what a long way down it was and my fear of heights started to hit me. I stood on the bridge for about an hour watching those go before me and felt myself get more and more scared. Finally it was my turn and after some tears and a pep talk from the staff at the bungee place and my friends, I knew that it was now or never. The guy on the platform counted down from 5 along with everyone on the bridge and when they got to one I jumped. It wasn’t the most graceful jump and I’m pretty sure that I screamed the entire way down, but the feeling of conquering my fear was incredible. The fall was so fast the it is hard to explain what it felt like, but soon enough it was over and I was safely back on the platform. Bungee jumping was surly a leap of faith for me because it is something that I never thought that I would ever do. I am so glad that I was able to take that jump because the reward of actually doing something so out of your comfort zone is incredible.
Today, Saturday is out last day in Glyfada for a while. Tonight we have a dinner with our community groups before heading out on an overnight ferry to Crete. I am excited for the change of scenery and to spend the next two weeks taking classes and exploring a new part of Greece.
Kelsey Foster
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