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  Back row: Matt Wilkinson, Rachael King, Joe Munton, Jenny Murphy, Cory Taylor, Dan Muhic, Chuck Yoakum, Mami Kelly Front row: William Taylor, Paul Wilkinson, Katy Dykstra, Theresa Martin, Angela Driller, & Ann Hribar at the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens  

1983 - Trip Highlights

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  • an incredible morning by Lake Zurich on a new synthetic track
  • would you believe a house in the middle of a street?
  • the Wilkinson battle at the United Nations
  • a night meet in Veyvey by Lake Geneva; last sight of Angela on a track
  • the Matterhorn from above and east of Zermatt
  • snow, ice, the long hike down
  • interesting youth hostel at Zug
  • thunder and lightning at Interlocken youth hostel
  • first Arete time in Italy
  • Venice, the Lido by sun, then a fun dinner on way back to St. Marcos
  • what of Michelangelo and his David in Florence?
  • nasty teasing at the entrance to St. Peters
  • what of Michelangelo and his Moses in Rome?
  • Arete '83 voted a tie, 6 to 6, in admiration for David or Moses
  • lock the Italians in the compartment for the night, Bob
  • first time in Greece for Arete
  • little guard chases us out of ancient stadium due to closing time
  • secret climb down to the temple of Athena at Delphi at night
  • Zeusian thunderbolts flash over Mt. Parnassas
  • the first Arete group to see the ancient track at Olympia
  • running in the 1896 Olympic stadium in Athens
  • a little “lack of control” after dinner in Nauplion
  • by sea to Mykanos
  • “I told you to take dramamine, Cory”
  • a great run on the island
  • a fun dinner below the windmills


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Angela in the starting grooves at Olympia, Greece.  "Angie" had just completed her 9th grade year in high school and qualified for the 1983 state finals in the 300m hurdles

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Matt, Dan and Paul on 1896 Olympic track in Athens, Greece.  The '83 Arete West trip was the first one to reach Greece. Since then Arete has entered Greece thirteen times.


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This young man has become a very successful business man in eastern Europe.  I refer not to the Arete leader, either.  This was in 1983 at a track meet in Switzerland on lake Geneva.

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