Hotel Poseidon Peloponnese

... who walked there before me. It’s so hard to describe the emotional feeling you get when you get to physically be somewhere like this.

Seeing Mycenae was crucial to our time in Greece. It helped us better understand the things we’d been seeing in other places, up until that point. And as you will read in the Athens blog entry, it really let our minds and experiences come full circle with understanding ancient Greece and our world’s history.

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

... ground and some solid foundations but it’s still cool to see the large size of the sanctuary and use your imagination when you’re walking around the grounds. Asclepius, the son of Apollo, was the god of healing and it’s said that he built this sanctuary to hold the ill. Among all the rubble you also come across a huge field area which was used for exercise and sports in ancient times.

... The gallery is laid out in the same way as the Parthenon, with rather a lot of missing sculptures, and an excellent movie showing how the building looked in its heyday. While the British museum displays are better (for now..) the views from this place are unparalleled - I can now add arty snaps of the rock reflected in the museum roof to my collection!

I had to think on my feet when one of the drivers threw in an extra mini tour on our way ...

... boss too. This role is basically chief beach monkey but also as general help person for both guests and instructors, and I think I now have the hang of it - and what it is not. This also involves managing the Wednesday or Saturday maintenance days; Saturday is a particular mission with three morning bag runs and the evening one when the transfer comes in about 11pm. Fortunately we have not worked too many Saturdays this year!

Definite late season highlight ...

... used to that. And going from white english skin, to tanned island skin in a couple of days was an extra bonus. I do love my sunshine, but know I shouldent. Paros: Fast became a favourite! Accom was much improved - ensuite do uble, complete with tv (in Greek of course) and bar fridge. It was just such a laid back place, especially coming from Mykonos. It was nice to walk down the street at sunset, by the water and ...

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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... not moving at all. I thought of going onto the "in" side of the passage but am glad I did not. It had been blocked off for a delegation. First of all many Japanese people with black suits in the heat and identity tags - then Japanese and Greek Security police. Many, many of them. I thought - aha, this must be why they were running around yesterday downtown. Then the security people pushed the exiters out of the way on "our side" and kept an eye on the ...

... town. It took me a while to find the Acropolis. We grabbed a late dinner (I guess the full day of lyingin the sun on the ferry didnt do much for my appetite and i barely finished my expensive pasta. (Yes, I caved and had pasta and pizza the day before I got to Italy.) After having the best gelato of the trip, in Greece, we walked around the Acropolis and the old town. I didnt quite know what i was looking at but there was no mistaking ...

... be closed. But, the image of a ghost town was solidified when we reached the beach. The beach was dotted with cabana umbrella frames just waiting to be adorned with canvas. There were also boats turned upside down, hibernating before the summer crowds would come to use them. Finally, the only taverna on the beach was shuttered for the winter. It might’ve seemed pretty desolate in another circumstance. But to us, it just seemed like another spot that ...