Hotel Konstantatos Corinth

... the remains then headed to the onsite archaeological museum.

The Mycenae Archaeological Museum holds a small collection of artifacts dug up in the ancient city. We saw lots of pottery, practical items like knives and tools, some ancient mosaic artwork, jewelry, and ancient writing tablets. These writing tablets have the language called "Linear B" written on them. This language was a mystery until only 60 years ago when the code was cracked and it ...

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

... while we at the theater, there was an archaeological dig going on just a few feet away. I don’t know if they had found anything at that point in the dig but it looked like an area where they could have come across some interesting artifacts.

Epidavros is most famously known for its theater but there are also remains of an ancient healing sanctuary. All you see today is rubble all over ...

... 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.

... just hung there and the water I was carrying became hot enough to bathe in comfortably, so I didn't go to the very top. I figured that starting to feel cold and faint was a sign I should eat something and get some shade, so I did that in the temple of Aphrodite while the others went right up the hill and took pictures for me. The site was a huge citadel, with three levels of gates and walls where the sheer cliffs wouldn't totally mess you up. It was free, which was cool, and ...

... We also took some time to visit the museum although many of the best finds are in the National Museum. One thing I particular liked to see what that, in the Pluterion, a fig tree had sent roots down so far that they had grown into the cavity of the cave. And enough light is present in the cave that the roots had begun to grow leaves. I see that, somehow, as a modern manifestation of the essential message of the mysteries, surely something about the return ...

... Chaironeia, about which more later. The Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite unit formed exclusively of male couples - the theory being that each would fight his utmost in the presence of his lover - was wiped out entirely by the Makedonian cavalry, led by Alexander, who was then 18. About four years later, after Philip's assassination, the Thebans, having heard that Alexander had been killed fighting in what is now the Balkans, decided to ...

... be of help only if we happened to stumble upon something I recognized. We were then at the north end of town and the only parking I knew of was at the south end of town. Moreover, there was roadwork blocking the north approach and we had to detour. Before us was a delivery truck and we just decided to follow it since we didn't know what else to do. The truck turned into a road with a sign saying "Kentro" (Center) so we did also. Then to my dismay, the truck suddenly stopped. What to ...

... 6 km short-cut passage between the Aegean & Ionian seas. It took three years to successfuly build the canal which opened in July 1893. We were able to see a sailboat pass through the canal and at 80m below us it looked pretty small. Pretty impressive site to see.

Today, we took a trip to the Corinth Canal and the Epidaurus.






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See, we managed to capture the canal with boat!









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