This weekend has been quite an eventful and fun one. We started things off at 7 am (ugh!) on saturday morning with an hour and a half journey to Ancient Corinth. We walked through the Agora (the old market place) ruins and one of Dr. Kaplan's friends from Deree gave us the historical content behind what we were seeing. Ancient Corinth is also rumored to be one of the places Paul preached. I had also just learned about Corinth in my art history class as one of it's main products is handmade products. Within the museum at the site there was plenty of pottery to look at and I felt as if I had already gained knowledge from my class because I could identify some of the time periods of the pottery pieces.
The old fountain that supplied water to the Agora.
Some Roman statues on display in the museum.
The highlight of our stop in Corinth had to be the fact that Dr. Kaplan's colleague invited us into her house and served us cornbread and drinks. It was a very nice gesture and she had a very nice view of the sea from her home.
After our stop in Corinth we went on our way to Mycenae, a Bronze Age citadel. Again, another place you are just in awe of and the views of Greece are just amazing. There was a cistern near the walls of the Mycenae acropolis and we climbed down in to the deep dark abyss. It was really cool, but also a bit scary since it was pitch black.
Jimmy following to the bottom of the pitch black abyss.
A beautiful view from Mycenae.
The walls of the Bronze Age Citadel.
We then went gallivanting off to Nauplion where we went to a castle with 999 steps. Don't worry, we took the bus to the top. We only spent 30 minutes there which was kind of a bummer cause there was a lot to explore. Ellie chose me as her designated carrier for this trip and she, of course, wanted to go up and down all of the stairs. Granted, I don't mind because she is so dang adorable, but my shoulders were definitely feeling it this morning when I got up. We also explored the city of Nauplion and, in the process, jumped into the sea in our clothes. It was quite refreshing...but the bus ride back was a bit soggy.
However, one of the best parts of this weekend has been the fact that Katie let me play Star Wars the Old Republic and create a character. I have been wanting to play this game since it came out and I finally got a chance. It was the icing on the cake of an amazing weekend. :)
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