Odysseus and the Trojan Horse

In this story, the Greeks are trying to get into the ancient city of Troy, but they are facing difficulties because Troy is surrounded by a large wall for defense that the Greeks can't get over or through. Odysseus comes up with a plan to act like they are surrounding, and leave a large wooden horse as their gift to Troy. The Greeks make the horse hollow and put a group of men inside so that they can get inside the city and then open the gates for the rest of the Greeks. The plan works because the Trojans think the Greeks have sailed away and take their present to show to the whole city their victory. Once inside the soldiers get out of the horse and the Greeks are able to attack.

I have gone on many trips so I don't know which one would be considered my "dream journey". A trip that I went on that had significance to me was my 16-day tour in Europe. Along with 200 other musicians from across the state, I spent the last week of June 2012 at UofL for a week to practice music for 5 days straight, all we did was eat, practice and sleep, but that is not the fun part. After that we got to depart for a 16-day, 7-country tour across Europe. We went to England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein and we played in 5 of the countries. The band got to play in the middle of parks, in gazebos, and in town-squares for these huge crowds of people! The part that really amazed me was that even though a significant amount of the audiences didn't speak English, we (as a band) were able to entertain and connect with every group. To see the women start dancing during one of our polkas or to see the audience give us a standing ovation shouting compliments at us in other languages I didn't understand, was a truly remarkable feeling but it truly shows the effect music has on all human beings.