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Professor Esposito reciting some of Homer's passages in the Greek Theater

Alumni College on the Fabled Island of Sicily

In November 2002, the Alumni Travel Program, accompanied by host Meg Goldberg Umlas, her husband, Jim Umlas and special guest faculty lecturer, Professor Stephen Esposito from the Department of Classical Studies, journeyed to Sicily. The photographs below capture the experiences of the many alumni who joined our tour. Please click on a picture to see a larger version.

What a great group!

Group shot in the Valley of the Temples (Agrigento, Sicily)
Mount Etna, erupting!
Elaine and Jim (SMG'54,GRS'62) Alexiou, as far as they could go up the road to erupting Mt. Etna (6000 Ft.)
The results of Mt. Etna's eruption in 1982
Marian Lorenz, Dan Fine & Joan Fine (COM'64), enjoying the views
Chuck Tyler (husband of Hope Tyler, CAS'63) feeling like he's on top of the world in Agrigento
Giorgio our tour director, Pina our guide and Antonio our bus driver
BU Professor of Classics, Stephen Esposito lecturing to our group in the ancient Greek theater in Syracuse
Professor Esposito reciting some of Homer's passages in the Greek Theater
Lush landscape of Taormina, Sicily
Beautiful Mosiacs in Piazza Amerina, the home of the Roman Villa del Casale
View from the hotel terrace of an ancient fortified castle
Back row(l-r): Skip Crocker (SMG'56), Cyndi Meltzer, Jim Umlas, Meg Goldberg Umlas; Front row (l-r): Joy Schonberger, Sindy Robins (SED'58), Shirley Baldwin (CAS'47, GRS'55), enjoying an after dinner photo opportunity
View of the sea from Taormina, Sicily
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