Acropolis Corinth

... you’ll see in the Athens blog entry). The best-preserved thing we saw in the ancient city was the Lion Gate- the main entrance. It is a stone doorway with solid stone carvings of two lions over the top. When I walked through it I just kept thinking of how every Mycenaean must have walked through it thousands of years ago, including Agamemnon (if he really existed). Being somewhere that ancient almost gives you chills. It’s really incredible.
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Hi everybody,

As you all know, we are back in the states! I haven't had time to finish writing the last three blog entries but I will as soon as I am able. I just wanted to let you guys know so you can check back over the next few days.

I hope everyone is excited to read about Athens because that was our last city and it was epic. Check back soon!

-Michelle

... center of the orchestra area and when you speak, people even in the highest row can hear you clearly. The trick is to project your voice downward a little bit, toward the ground. This is because it is hollow beneath the orchestra floor and that helps project your voice clearly around the theater.

We had fun climbing up to the top row and listening to each other from up there. There were a ...

... was managing at sites and places) and lamented the fact that we really, really wanted to get to that site on the hill. Acrocorinth! They're so big and there's no visible way up! So the three of us got a taxi up (shut up it was 4km up, already after midday and there was no breeze. I can see you there, judging me, parents), and the driver was really nice and dropped us off, then came back and picked us up an hour later. It was an absolutely sweltering hot day, with not much breeze so the ...

... about the mysteries themselves. One thing that initiates swore to do was to never divulge what happened during the mysteries. And this requirement was so completely upheld that we know almost nothing today. Again we were more concerned with the Classical era ruins but, despite the Roman "enhancements", we found a few important features of the ancient mysteries, such as the cave called the "Pluterion" and the hall of initiation called the "Telesterion ...

... the pre-eminent Theban general, who, as far as history knows, invented the oblique deployment, which is to say, an army's ranks set up to approach the enemy on a diagonal line so that one side engages first. Philip made use of this arrangement to good effect in his adulthood; Alexander used it to even greater effect, particularly in the battles of Issos and Gaugamela. But first it came back to haunt the Thebans in the battle ...

... began. Let me say that, although I stayed in Greece for two months in 2006, I did not drive at any time. I didn't want to drive at any time. Driving here is a nightmare. I also never learned what the signs meant or where the gas stations were or memorized how you actually drive from point A to point B because I always had wonderful bus drivers to do it for me. So, when we were approaching Thebes and Karen cheerfully asked me where we should go, all I could do was shrug. I was going ...

We visited the Corinth Canal site twice on our Greece holiday. Once with Barb and Alex and the second time with Chad, Jackie and the rest of my family. Both times we viewed the Corinth Canal but the Ancient Corinth site was closed. The Corinth Canal is basically ...

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And finally we enjoy some traditional greek food for dinner.



We also made our way to the Lions Gate, I wish I have bought the Lions Gate fridge magnet...

... than a day away and it was beginning to drive me nuts that our money had been wasted on these tix and we were not going to be able to make it to Athens. Just then, when all hope was lost, I got a call from Lisa's hair-stylist. The lady called me and gave me tons of suggestions on how to sell them. As normal for the Dutch, she also made a few rude/candid remarks like 'this is the sort of thing you should've done before' and 'you need to be more creative' even though she had no ...