Preparing for a trip to Greece with a taste of Greek cuisine Phoenix Middle School students sampled dishes such as saganaki and spanakopita at a Greek restaurant in Dublin last week.

Their social studies teacher Tim Dove said the restaurant trip allowed students to dabble in Greek cuisine and culture before they leave Worthington on June 15.

“The goal of the trip is to go past the tourist level and push people past their comfort zones,”,Gucci Handbags; Dove said. “We want students to get to a deeper level of learning about the people and culture…”

Dove said a group of 30, including students,replica PRADA, teachers and parents, are preparing for the trip,Cartier Handbags, which will cost about $3,000 per person. “The kids have been raising money for the past two years for the trip,Wholesale Designer Handbags,” he said. …

“We’ve been meeting once a month for the last year to plan the trip, with the idea to get on top of the tourist level so that we can ask our guides in Greece to help us get to the next cultural level.”

From Columbus; excerpts, edited by Greece Travel Blog