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... Deep inside the citadel walls is an underground cistern. It is over 90 steps underground and completely pitch black. We made it about 25 steps down (with a small thumb beam that I carry around) before I got too scared and turned back. Andre kept going down a ways more with the light from his cell phone but eventually had to turn back because it just wasn’t enough light to see anything but the stairs directly beneath his feet. We spent a while just wandering ...

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 ...

... are and how perfect the acoustics are. Standing at the center focal point of the theater, just the sound of your feet scuffing against the dirt rushes back against you from the empty rock seats amplified several times over. No problems hearing the actors during a play. If anything, you have to be careful what you do say.

Mostly all original rock, only a few upper edges where the ...

... already, and though I'm sure the ruins in Mystras (the town next to Sparta) were magnificent, it wasn't worth me paying double or triple for a nights stay, and by this time, all ruins were starting to look the same. I was gonna give Sparta and Mystras a miss. The policewoman was happy enough to not have to deal with me anymore. I headed back to the bus station I had just come from, and bought a ticket for the next town south, Gythio. I would have to ...

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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...

... coffee and two cigarettes. Everyone partakes of this ritual no one abstains. We have never seen more unforgiving real estate anywhere. Wait for the pictures. The food is much much better than we had imagined, the French should take note!! Olive oil flows like water. Water is served cold and in great quantity. Overall living here is very reasonable. We have only visited the ATM twice. Greece is very very highly recommended!!!

... triangle is left open at the top of the doorway to take some of the weight off the lintel. It served basically the same function as the pointed arch in Gothic architecture. Wooden doors would have blocked the entrance, and two half columns would have flanked the doors. We got to walk around inside and sing which was pretty neat. Just outside the acropolis of Mycenae, there are two more beehive tombs that were excavated by Schliemann's wife, Sofia ...

... and thousands of pilgrims came to consult the oracle, who was always a peasant woman of 50 years or more. She sat at the mouth of a chasm which emitted fumes. These she inhaled, causing her to gasp, writh and shudder in divine frenzy. The pilgrim, after sacrificing a sheep or goat would deliver a question, and the priestess' incoherent mumbling was then translated by a priest." Yeah, right. Makes you wonder what they did to get chosen for such an honor. After riding back ...

... here who are set in their ways and think women should be covered from head to toe, preferably in black, and remain indoors at all times performing domestic tasks instead of going out on the **** and revealing as much flesh as possible to get a good suntan. Needless to say, the locals don't like what I have to say therefore having a healthy reasoned debate with an opinionated Scottish female isn't an option for them - they're right ...