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We tagged along on a January term trip with C of I students and another couple. The trip was lead by Dr. Mark Smith and Dr. Phil Rogers.
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Up, breakfast, bus to the base of the Acropolis hill. The first stop was the Areopagus – the knoll where Greek men in the first century would gather to discuss philosophy and such. After a bit of scrambling about the rocks we hiked up to the Acropolis. After that tour we were sufficiently frozen so […]
Up (early), Suitcases down to the lobby by 6:30, quick breakfast, on the bus by 7:00, off to the airport. The flight to Athens was a short hop so by 9:30 we were back on a bus and headed to the National Archaeological Museum. The students had a “scavenger hunt” assignment which we were free
Up, breakfast, bus; this time for a trek across the island to the southern coast. Our adventures started in the town of Gortys. This sleepy little village was the capital of the Roman province back in the day, so there are important ruins to be tromped on. The first stop was a complex that included
Up, Breakfast, on the bus for the short drive to the palace at Knossos. This is one of the largest and most significant archaeological sites in the world. The site is massive – covering over 8 acres. When it was originally excavated in the late 19th century archaeological standards were much different from today. So
Today started with breakfast in the top floor dining room at the hotel. Not a bad view and a nice balcony. Then it was back to bed for Cheryl (She only got 3 hours of sleep last night.) and studying for Randy. The next event was the 1:00 tour of Heraklion. We boarded the bus
It’s 12:45 AM on Tuesday the 14th. We had arrived at Heraklion, Crete and checked into our hotel. Considering that we left home at 10:30 Sunday morning, we’ve been on the road 29 hours and change. We’ve seen the insides of 4 airplanes and made 3 rather harried connections. But in the end, we’re all
All is in place. We’re packed, we allowed time to shovel the walks and we settled down to a quick breakfast and So…breakfast isn’t so quick after all, and we have time to get started on the blog, and, well… In the fullness of time we arrived at the airport. Plan B worked. We’re at