So I should have finished that post up earlier because now I can't really keep the trip straight in my head but I'm supposed to be writing an article report for tomorrow right now so this is my procrastination.
After the trip to the archaeological site and an archaeological museum, we went to a beach for the afternoon. In the evening, we explored the Chora (name for the main town on many Greek islands) and visited a Greek Orthodox church. It was around then that my fever started to get really bad so I got to enjoy the neat experience of going to a Greek pharmacy and miming my symptoms to the pharmacist in order to figure out what medicines to take.
(the main town of Andros)
( the statue of the unknown sailor (Afanis Naftis) )
The next day we went to a monastery up on one of the mountains. Here, we met some of the monks who lived there and explored the grounds. I, of course, found the gift shop but sadly hadn't brought my wallet with me so I couldn't get any souvenirs.
Here's the view from the monastery:
After the monastery we met a local fisherman (pictured below) and went to another beach that required an absurd climb first up a mountain and then down a cliff in order to get to it. It was breathtakingly gorgeous to be sure but SO windy that it really wasn't worth the near death experiences it took to get there.
(our fisherman friend showing us which nets he uses)
Meanwhile, there was a taxi strike across Greece so after climbing mountains when we wanted to go into the main town for dinner we had to walk there and back to our hotel, meeting some curious goats and sheep on our way. We were left to our own devices for dinner and afterwards we sat at a table outside of a bar and people-watched until we decided it was time for bed (at an embarrassingly early hour by Greek standards, but we were exhausted).
On our last day, we explored a couple of archaeological sites (mostly churches from around the 11th century AD if I remember correctly) and visited the main town's archaeological museum as well as its modern art museum to see both their permanent display and a temporary exhibit on a local artist. One of the best parts of the archaeological museum was probably the view (and breeze) from its roof, but there were also some interesting sculptures on the ground floor (the top floor was mostly pottery shards which get pretty boring after the first dozen or so you see).
(top: view from the roof of the museum. bottom: a marble statue of Aphrodite dating from the late Hellenistic period)
We went to a beach for the afternoon and had one last group meal together before catching a late ferry back to Piraeus and busing back to Athens.
Since then:
I had another week of classes, including a quiz in modern Greek. I booked tickets for Thanksgiving break to go visit Istanbul and I'm currently planning a day or two-day excursion to the site of Troy. Now I should be finishing up my article report due tomorrow (with an absolute deadline of a week from tomorrow) and packing for Crete but instead I'm writing this blog. I think already here I may have written more than I have for the article report. Whoops. Anyway, I'm gonna get back to that now and then pack for Crete because we leave tomorrow night! It'll be an overnight ferry ride and then I'll be there for the week. I can't wait, it should be amazing. Apparently Crete is like the Texas of Greece? We've been told they love their mustaches and guns. But also they had one of the earliest and most fascinating cultures of ancient Greece. And the minotaur.
After the trip to the archaeological site and an archaeological museum, we went to a beach for the afternoon. In the evening, we explored the Chora (name for the main town on many Greek islands) and visited a Greek Orthodox church. It was around then that my fever started to get really bad so I got to enjoy the neat experience of going to a Greek pharmacy and miming my symptoms to the pharmacist in order to figure out what medicines to take.
The next day we went to a monastery up on one of the mountains. Here, we met some of the monks who lived there and explored the grounds. I, of course, found the gift shop but sadly hadn't brought my wallet with me so I couldn't get any souvenirs.
Here's the view from the monastery:
Meanwhile, there was a taxi strike across Greece so after climbing mountains when we wanted to go into the main town for dinner we had to walk there and back to our hotel, meeting some curious goats and sheep on our way. We were left to our own devices for dinner and afterwards we sat at a table outside of a bar and people-watched until we decided it was time for bed (at an embarrassingly early hour by Greek standards, but we were exhausted).
On our last day, we explored a couple of archaeological sites (mostly churches from around the 11th century AD if I remember correctly) and visited the main town's archaeological museum as well as its modern art museum to see both their permanent display and a temporary exhibit on a local artist. One of the best parts of the archaeological museum was probably the view (and breeze) from its roof, but there were also some interesting sculptures on the ground floor (the top floor was mostly pottery shards which get pretty boring after the first dozen or so you see).
We went to a beach for the afternoon and had one last group meal together before catching a late ferry back to Piraeus and busing back to Athens.
Since then:
I had another week of classes, including a quiz in modern Greek. I booked tickets for Thanksgiving break to go visit Istanbul and I'm currently planning a day or two-day excursion to the site of Troy. Now I should be finishing up my article report due tomorrow (with an absolute deadline of a week from tomorrow) and packing for Crete but instead I'm writing this blog. I think already here I may have written more than I have for the article report. Whoops. Anyway, I'm gonna get back to that now and then pack for Crete because we leave tomorrow night! It'll be an overnight ferry ride and then I'll be there for the week. I can't wait, it should be amazing. Apparently Crete is like the Texas of Greece? We've been told they love their mustaches and guns. But also they had one of the earliest and most fascinating cultures of ancient Greece. And the minotaur.
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