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... s now able to be interpreted. Linear B is mostly symbols that mean words. It’s really cool to see an ancient language written on slabs of stone. It’s like something we imagine when we think of cavemen.

A ways away from the ancient city and museum is the famous Treasury of Atreus. It’s a huge self-supported bee-hive shaped tomb. It was built as a tomb for one of the kings of Mycenae, but who it was is unknown. Before the excavations of ...

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

... other tourists testing it out too. The whole theater was just amazing. The reason it is so well-preserved is because it was forgotten about a long time ago and eventually was covered in dirt- due to the natural effects of being situated on a hillside. The dirt kept it preserved so when the theater was excavated only a couple steps had to be replaced in some of the high rows. Another cool thing was ...

... 8217;s amazing how the ancient Greeks came up with the idea of an amphitheater and their designs are still used today: amphitheaters, coliseums, stadiums. The most effective way to pack people in needed little improvement it seems.

Had a nice picnic lunch perched at the very topmost seats and enjoyed eavesdropping on everyone’s conversations while they walked through the theater.

... br>Yep! This is where you should stand and speak so that everyone in the the theater will hear you talk!











This is an olive tree! I've always thought it would be much ...

... If there is a Greek bus pass, I didn't discover it. Ticket in hand, I went outside to wait for my bus. As I waited, I watched numerous buses arrive and depart from the three bays, sometimes stopping three deep in each bay, sometimes obscuring the destination sign (in Greek letters) in the front window. I grew concerned that I wouldn't be able to spot my bus when it arrived (and so it seemed with many of the Greeks awaiting their buses), so I started showing my ...

Getting to the airport was a breeze. We walked to the nearest Metro stop with an elevator, only about a block from the Athens Imperial. As we waited for the train we practiced the language even laughing at ourselves. We took the train out to the airport and made our way to the rental car counter. The woman at the counter was very helpful and gave me a handful of maps. Cory was going to be doing most of the driving ...

... completely destroyed Corinth, so only three buildings remain from the earlier period. Several cities were resisting Roman rule, and Rome chose to make an example of Corinth. The city lay in ruins for the next 100 years. In 44 B.C. a Roman colony was established there by Julius Caesar that was inhabited by mostly Greeks and Jews. Jews came to be especially prominent after Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome (that is how Pricilla and Aquila came to live there). In Paul's time ...

"THE CELEBRATION OF NAMEDAYS IN GREECE by Gary Van Haas Namedays are a special and important part of Greek life because the very names themselves go back to the very beginning of Greek culture. Coming down to us through the ages are the marvelous names of heroes, saints and mythological figures such as the mighty Herakles, Odyessus, Alexander, Socrates, Plato, Constantine, Helen and many many more. Of course they go on, and on and in ...

... on her own so I really shouldn't worry about her, after all, she is a stray and can go wherever she likes at any time... but I still can't help worrying about her - I must admit I've become quite attached to her! Also, because we're always together, and everyone in the village thinks we're inseparable, I feel somewhat responsible for what she gets up to... I've started trying to train her, she can sit ...