This is the week before finals and we don't have too much free time. We were able to see the church of Pater Noster, which was founded by St. Eleni in the 4th century. According to tradition, this is the place where the savior said the Lord's prayer.
The church has the Lord's prayer written in 80 different languages. There were some pretty obscure ones, like Cherokee and Basque, as well as braille in several languages.
Here it is in English:
The church has an orchard of olive trees behind it. Some of the students decided it would be a good place to frolic through the flowers and take pictures. My group left and got ice cream.
Pop Quiz! Guess the language of each image (Answers at the end).
Answers: German, Chinese, Samoan.
I guessed the first two right but thought the third was Tongan. Sorry to all Tongans out there (And Samoans).
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