The rest of our time at the Artemis was fairly uneventful. When I say that I mean that we didn't really do anything major, besides our trip to Marathon. We still had a good time hanging out with each other and finishing up classes (not as much of a good time in classes (I did fine, though)).
Our trip to Marathon was nice, though. The site itself was pretty boring. It was pretty much just a big grass field with a mound in the middle. Fofi and her children came with us, though, so that was cool. We also went to museum for the Olympics, which mostly had a bunch of torches. It was actually pretty fun, though.
We also went to swim in some hot springs. It was kinda cold. It was the first time I had been swimming in a while, though.
Before we left the Artemis we had a banquet where we all dressed in togas and had a talent show. Mark and I performed along with Mary Beth and Amanda. Video can be seen in the Greece 4-12 album. It was a big hit.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
i'm on a boat!
We left on the morning of March 24th to go on a short cruise around the Greek Islands. That same day we sailed to the Isle of Patmos, where John received his Revelation. We went up some mountain and saw St. John's monastery and then went to the cave where John wrote it all down. It was pretty interesting because they are at least pretty certain that they have the right sites for the events that happened there.
The cruise ship was pretty decent. It was much smaller than the other ships I've been on, but it was still better than I expected. A lot of people in our group went to the club/bar/whatever it is room and danced with a bunch of teenage girls. It was pretty funny to watch. It wasn't actually as creepy as it sounds. I didn't stay in there for long because I went to do other stuff, but it was still fun.
The next day we sailed to Rhodes for Greek National Day. There were a lot of parades and whatnot going on. Cody and I walked around for roughly two hours looking for an ATM. Turns out if we had turned left when we left the dock we would have ran right into one. It's over now, though. Rhodes was really nice, though, because there are a lot of castle walls still standing. The Colossus isn't, though.
The next day we went to Crete and went to see Knossos, which is supposedly the home of the Minotaur. We didn't have much time there because we had to sail to Santorini, where most of our group got off for a weekend of free travel.
I went with Caitlin, Cody, Calea, Shannon, and Jane to stay in Perissa, which is a small town on Santorini. It was really nice there. We were the first guests of the season to stay in our hostel so we got free breakfast every morning and that was really nice. There was some random American from San Francisco named Steve that worked there. He was pretty awesome. He really helped us out a lot.
The first day there we just took a bus to Fira, which is the main city. All we did was walk around and shop some. It was pretty fun, though. The next day we rented ATVs and rode all the way around the island. We pretty much went from end to end. That was really a blast. I would recommend going to look at my Santorini pictures. It was pretty awesome there. We ended the day by going to watch the sunset and then riding back in the dark. Cody and Calea got a little lost because Cody swore he knew the right way back but he was wrong. The rest of us did just fine, though.
The next morning we rode on a ferry for something like 10 hours to get back to Athens. Then the buses stopped running and Tim and Dr. Fred had to come pick us up. What great guys.
The cruise ship was pretty decent. It was much smaller than the other ships I've been on, but it was still better than I expected. A lot of people in our group went to the club/bar/whatever it is room and danced with a bunch of teenage girls. It was pretty funny to watch. It wasn't actually as creepy as it sounds. I didn't stay in there for long because I went to do other stuff, but it was still fun.
The next day we sailed to Rhodes for Greek National Day. There were a lot of parades and whatnot going on. Cody and I walked around for roughly two hours looking for an ATM. Turns out if we had turned left when we left the dock we would have ran right into one. It's over now, though. Rhodes was really nice, though, because there are a lot of castle walls still standing. The Colossus isn't, though.
The next day we went to Crete and went to see Knossos, which is supposedly the home of the Minotaur. We didn't have much time there because we had to sail to Santorini, where most of our group got off for a weekend of free travel.
I went with Caitlin, Cody, Calea, Shannon, and Jane to stay in Perissa, which is a small town on Santorini. It was really nice there. We were the first guests of the season to stay in our hostel so we got free breakfast every morning and that was really nice. There was some random American from San Francisco named Steve that worked there. He was pretty awesome. He really helped us out a lot.
The first day there we just took a bus to Fira, which is the main city. All we did was walk around and shop some. It was pretty fun, though. The next day we rented ATVs and rode all the way around the island. We pretty much went from end to end. That was really a blast. I would recommend going to look at my Santorini pictures. It was pretty awesome there. We ended the day by going to watch the sunset and then riding back in the dark. Cody and Calea got a little lost because Cody swore he knew the right way back but he was wrong. The rest of us did just fine, though.
The next morning we rode on a ferry for something like 10 hours to get back to Athens. Then the buses stopped running and Tim and Dr. Fred had to come pick us up. What great guys.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
no, you're a turkey!
We left Kavala on the morning of March 18th and headed into Turkey. As soon as we entered the country, it was evident that there is a lot of Turkish pride. I think I saw something close to 16 million Turkish flags all over the place. Our bus even had one hanging in the back window. Once we got into Istanbul we saw a lot of mosques, as well. It was pretty ridiculous. We spent two nights in Istanbul and we looked at all of the normal stuff: Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and a big museum. It was all good stuff. Our first night there a small group of us went out to a little restaurant and drank apple tea and ate chocolate cake. They might have been a little upset that we didn't get any real food, but it was all good. The second day we were dropped off at the Grand Bazaar to do some shopping and that was a lot of fun.
We also went to Nicea, which is where they had some of the Ecumenical Councils a long time ago. It might sound interesting, but all we did was go see a tile factory and it was actually a little boring. We went to some other places but it's really not even worth noting.
We went to Troy the next day and it was very crowded. I'm sure most of you know basically what happened at Troy, at least I hope so. As far as describing what it was like there, I really can't. It was cool. A lot of ruins. Check out the pictures. The whole city isn't uncovered yet, but I know that Schliemann did a great job when he started to uncover it as he went around, tearing things up and assuming things were something they weren't. Best archeologist in history!
We stayed that night in Izmir. The next day we had a free day, or at least they called it that. We still had to get up relatively early and head to some restaurant across town to eat lunch. Then they gave us something like 3 hours to do whatever. So what is there to do in a big city like Izmir for three hours? Some people chose to go shopping, others went and just walked around, but Mark, Cody, and I went with the more obvious choice of going to go see a bad Dennis Quaid movie called The Horsemen.
The next day we went to Ephesus, which was one of my favorite parts of this trip. I've said before that these sites are never what I expected, but this one was even different from that. Ephesus was huge, and there was a lot of it that was preserved fairly well, mostly the library (which I took pictures of). The library actually looks more like a movie set than ancient ruins, but that was pretty cool. After we had spent something like 2 hours walking around here they told us that they still have only uncovered something like 10 percent of it. It was pretty awesome. At the end they gave us some time to walk around and a lot of us went to a spot where I'm sure we weren't supposed to go. We climbed around on the ruins and then went down to pet some horses that were tied up near to the ruins.
We stayed in Kusadasi that night and got ready to leave on a cruise the next morning.
We also went to Nicea, which is where they had some of the Ecumenical Councils a long time ago. It might sound interesting, but all we did was go see a tile factory and it was actually a little boring. We went to some other places but it's really not even worth noting.
We went to Troy the next day and it was very crowded. I'm sure most of you know basically what happened at Troy, at least I hope so. As far as describing what it was like there, I really can't. It was cool. A lot of ruins. Check out the pictures. The whole city isn't uncovered yet, but I know that Schliemann did a great job when he started to uncover it as he went around, tearing things up and assuming things were something they weren't. Best archeologist in history!
We stayed that night in Izmir. The next day we had a free day, or at least they called it that. We still had to get up relatively early and head to some restaurant across town to eat lunch. Then they gave us something like 3 hours to do whatever. So what is there to do in a big city like Izmir for three hours? Some people chose to go shopping, others went and just walked around, but Mark, Cody, and I went with the more obvious choice of going to go see a bad Dennis Quaid movie called The Horsemen.
The next day we went to Ephesus, which was one of my favorite parts of this trip. I've said before that these sites are never what I expected, but this one was even different from that. Ephesus was huge, and there was a lot of it that was preserved fairly well, mostly the library (which I took pictures of). The library actually looks more like a movie set than ancient ruins, but that was pretty cool. After we had spent something like 2 hours walking around here they told us that they still have only uncovered something like 10 percent of it. It was pretty awesome. At the end they gave us some time to walk around and a lot of us went to a spot where I'm sure we weren't supposed to go. We climbed around on the ruins and then went down to pet some horses that were tied up near to the ruins.
We stayed in Kusadasi that night and got ready to leave on a cruise the next morning.
Monday, April 13, 2009
just when you thought i was never speaking to you again..
Things around here have been pretty busy for the last few weeks so I haven't been able to make any updates. For anyone that doesn't know, we went on another 2 week trip that took us to northern Greece and to Turkey. We left on March 15th and headed to Meteora, where there are some pretty awesome rock formations that have some monasteries sitting all throughout. We ate our lunches on top of one of the cliffs and then headed in to see one of the monasteries. I have a feeling that the best place to get some descriptions about these places is to look at my pictures. They are kinda hard to describe. We stayed in Kalambaka that night, though. It is a small town at the base of the cliffs. At some point during the day we also stopped by Thermopylae, which is where the whole Leonidas and the 300 Spartans thing happened.
The next morning we left and headed to Berea, where Paul came in Acts 17. We didn't stay long here, just long enough to go and see the vima (step) where Paul might have stood when he preached outside of one of the synagogues.
After Berea we went to Thessaloniki, which is the second largest city in Greece (next to Athens, of course). We went to a museum (which is a huge surprise, I'm sure) and then Tim took us on a little walk around the city to see some old stuff. We were looking at some old baptismal pool when a bird pooped on my shoe. I apparently have pretty good reflexes because when I saw something falling out of the corner of my eye, I instinctively scrunched my toes, which is why I said a bird pooped on my shoe and not on my foot. Dr. Alice had some alcohol wipes to clean it off, though. Tim took us to get some ice cream after that and it was delicious. Then Jane did a back flip and sprained her ankle.
The next morning we left Thessaloniki and drove for a very long time until we got to Philippi. We didn't get to eat lunch until like 3:30, and when we did finally get to eat we only had about 10 minutes because we had a lot to do. We saw another theater, the marketplace, the prison where Paul and Silas might have been kept, and then went on a walk to the place where Lydia might have been baptized somewhere near Acts 16. We stayed in Kavala that night, and Tim took the guys to some coffee shop-like place and we played shuffleboard and drank tea. It was a lot of fun.
Then we left.
The next morning we left and headed to Berea, where Paul came in Acts 17. We didn't stay long here, just long enough to go and see the vima (step) where Paul might have stood when he preached outside of one of the synagogues.
After Berea we went to Thessaloniki, which is the second largest city in Greece (next to Athens, of course). We went to a museum (which is a huge surprise, I'm sure) and then Tim took us on a little walk around the city to see some old stuff. We were looking at some old baptismal pool when a bird pooped on my shoe. I apparently have pretty good reflexes because when I saw something falling out of the corner of my eye, I instinctively scrunched my toes, which is why I said a bird pooped on my shoe and not on my foot. Dr. Alice had some alcohol wipes to clean it off, though. Tim took us to get some ice cream after that and it was delicious. Then Jane did a back flip and sprained her ankle.
The next morning we left Thessaloniki and drove for a very long time until we got to Philippi. We didn't get to eat lunch until like 3:30, and when we did finally get to eat we only had about 10 minutes because we had a lot to do. We saw another theater, the marketplace, the prison where Paul and Silas might have been kept, and then went on a walk to the place where Lydia might have been baptized somewhere near Acts 16. We stayed in Kavala that night, and Tim took the guys to some coffee shop-like place and we played shuffleboard and drank tea. It was a lot of fun.
Then we left.
Friday, March 13, 2009
a dance competetion in the rain at olympia
The Peloponnese trip was great. Unfortunately, I have no idea where we were for most of the trip. It's not that my memory doesn't serve me right, it's just that I couldn't understand the tour guide when she told us and I didn't care enough to ask. I can tell you some of the important things that we did and hopefully that will hold your interest.
The first day we went to Mycenae, which was awesome! Actually it was just like another site that we've been to so far. We saw ruins and stuff. The most interesting part was the Lion's Gate, which has this big triangular shaped rock holding the arch up.
We stayed in a hotel in some small village in the mountains, which was nice. There was a nice view from the window in the room across the hall from mine. My room had a great view of our bus.
The next morning we were supposed to go rafting, but it rained and the river flooded so that fell through and we ended up going on a long hike through the mountains to see some monasteries. The hike really was awesome, though. I liked going to the monasteries because they weren't actually tourist attractions and it was very quiet. We broke up into two groups so that probably helped some. 'Twas good. After that we drove for a long time to Olympia.
Olympia ended up being great. For those of you who don't know basic word derivations, Olympia is where the original Olympic games were held (Athens had the first modern Olympics in 1896). It was raining pretty much all day and all of the ruins were outside, so at first that wasn't fun (and also why I didn't take a whole lot of pictures), but it ended up being a lot of fun when we got to the stadium. We got to run all the way down the track and back. Then Mark and I had a synchronized dance competition against LaRell and Cabot. Now, I'm not going to say that we were the first, but I'm sure it's rare for people to have a synchronized dance competition in the rain at the original Olympic Stadium (I feel like I could be a baseball commentator, just coming out with random obscure statistics).
Then we drove home.
On Tuesday, 12 of us went in groups of 4 to the school next door to help with the English class. That was fun. I had 4 boys in my group that were all 12 years old. We played a game.
Today we went to Delphi. It was pretty cool. It was just a day trip so we left this morning and then got back before dinner tonight. We saw some ruins and then went to the museum.
Tomorrow some of us are going to see Watchmen in Athens. I'm looking forward to that.
We're leaving on Sunday morning for another two week trip to northern Greece and Turkey. So there's that.
The first day we went to Mycenae, which was awesome! Actually it was just like another site that we've been to so far. We saw ruins and stuff. The most interesting part was the Lion's Gate, which has this big triangular shaped rock holding the arch up.
We stayed in a hotel in some small village in the mountains, which was nice. There was a nice view from the window in the room across the hall from mine. My room had a great view of our bus.
The next morning we were supposed to go rafting, but it rained and the river flooded so that fell through and we ended up going on a long hike through the mountains to see some monasteries. The hike really was awesome, though. I liked going to the monasteries because they weren't actually tourist attractions and it was very quiet. We broke up into two groups so that probably helped some. 'Twas good. After that we drove for a long time to Olympia.
Olympia ended up being great. For those of you who don't know basic word derivations, Olympia is where the original Olympic games were held (Athens had the first modern Olympics in 1896). It was raining pretty much all day and all of the ruins were outside, so at first that wasn't fun (and also why I didn't take a whole lot of pictures), but it ended up being a lot of fun when we got to the stadium. We got to run all the way down the track and back. Then Mark and I had a synchronized dance competition against LaRell and Cabot. Now, I'm not going to say that we were the first, but I'm sure it's rare for people to have a synchronized dance competition in the rain at the original Olympic Stadium (I feel like I could be a baseball commentator, just coming out with random obscure statistics).
Then we drove home.
On Tuesday, 12 of us went in groups of 4 to the school next door to help with the English class. That was fun. I had 4 boys in my group that were all 12 years old. We played a game.
Today we went to Delphi. It was pretty cool. It was just a day trip so we left this morning and then got back before dinner tonight. We saw some ruins and then went to the museum.
Tomorrow some of us are going to see Watchmen in Athens. I'm looking forward to that.
We're leaving on Sunday morning for another two week trip to northern Greece and Turkey. So there's that.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
i forgot to tell you that i have agoraphobia..
Some might say that it is my fault that I have so much to type right now because I've waited 2 weeks to submit another blog post. I would have to agree with these people. There is a lot that has happened but thankfully my memory is better than that of a goldfish.
When we got back from Egypt we had a day to rest (which I actually spent updating my blog) and then started classes again. There's not too much to say about classes except that I am doing well in all of them.
We went to church in Athens last Sunday morning and then spent the say running around like mad to make it to the Roman and Greek agoras before they closed. The agora is the ancient marketplace, for those that don't know. It was interesting to see the sites, but I forgot my camera, so if you really want to see pictures then you should look them up on the internet. They do have the only complete temple at the Greek agora. Complete in the sense that it still has its original roof and is not nearly as deteriorated as most of the others. The Parthenon was actually in the same boat until about 200 years ago when the Turks occupied Greece and stored ammunition there. During the Venetian wars, a stray Venetian bullet went into the Parthenon and blew it up. I'm saying all that from memory, though, so don't look it up and prove me wrong. There is a good chance that I'm wrong.
Sunday night I went with a few others to the church in Glyfada again. It was still good. Dino drove us back in his van. I'll go ahead and note that every car here is a standard, so riding in the back of a crowded van that rocks back and forth a little bit every time the driver shifts gears as well as the fact that there was someone talking in my ear the whole time made me feel pretty car sick, so I went to bed pretty quickly after getting back to the Artemis.
On Monday night there were 10 of us that went to a soup kitchen in Athens to help out, which was a really good experience. There were over 300 people that came, most of them non-English speaking Muslims. A lot of them actually spoke French, which Roman loved because he got a chance to talk to people in French. One lady got really mad at me because I spilled about a drop of soup on the table in front of her (not on her at all). I cleaned it up but she continued to glare at me for about 5 minutes, which I thought was funny. I went upstairs to the kitchen a guy clean the pots after everyone was served. I wore an apron so it wouldn't get all over my clothes (but it still did a little bit), and when I went downstairs to get another pot some of the people there laughed at my tea-pot covered apron. It was all good fun.
There's a bit of an argument on campus about the name of one of the dogs. I gave Flapjack his name for no particular reason other than him being my favorite one, but Devin and Roman both claim that they named him Copper. Hunter calls him Buddy but since he calls everyone that it doesn't really count. I've got roughly half of the people here calling him Flapjack, while others call him Copper. It's true that whoever it was called him Copper before I named him, but Copper is too boring a name for this dog. He's definitely Flapjack.
I didn't really get out much in the first week that we were here, but on Friday I went to the store with Ben and Cabot. We found a little trail right next to the little shop we went to and ended up going hiking for 4 hours. Flapjack stayed with us the whole time. We made it to the other side of Porto Rafti, where we found this big open field with some caves to climb in and sat there for a while. Then we climbed out through one of the caves and jumped a fence to walk through someone's vineyard to get to the street. We had to lift the fence to left Flapjack through because he couldn't make it over and we couldn't get back over to pick him up.
On Saturday I went to Athens with Brittany, Tillie, and LaRell. We just did some shopping and walking around. That's really all I have to say about that.
We had church at the Artemis on Sunday afternoon so we had some time to do whatever we wanted beforehand. Roman, Cody, and I went walking along the coast to the other side of Porto Rafti. We were trying to make it to some cliffs to look out but after walking for about an hour and a half and getting within a half hour of getting there we decided that we had to turn back to make it home in time for church.
We were supposed to leave yesterday to go to the Peloponnese, which is the big peninsula in the southern part of Greece, but there was a mix up with the travel agency. They had moved our trip to the first week in April because yesterday was a Grecian holiday. Tim managed to get the trip moved to Wednesday and got us a day trip to Corinth for yesterday.
We saw some nice stuff in Corinth. It was really the first place that we've been to that Paul spent a lot of his time ministering to. We went up to the Acrocorinth, which is the high point, where there was an old castle. Morgan has had a bad knee the whole trip and Rebbecca was going to wait with her at the bottom since it's at least a 30 minute hike but Jordan got Roman, Justin, Richard, and me to help carry her up. We took turns carrying her on our backs but it turned out to be really tough because it was so steep. We got it done though. Cody and Hunter carried her down after we ate lunch and sat up there for about 45 minutes.
We had classes this morning so we wouldn't have to have them on Saturday. They weren't bad, though. We watched a movie in Paul and Greek is always pretty fun. Who knew that Anthony Hopkins played Paul in a made-for-TV movie early in his career. It's actually a pretty good movie so far though. It's interesting to note that the role that Anthony Hopkins played right before he played Paul was Adolf Hitler.
We leave tomorrow to continue our trip. It should be fun. We get back on Friday night. It's a beautiful day out right now, though, so I'm going to go ahead and go outside.
When we got back from Egypt we had a day to rest (which I actually spent updating my blog) and then started classes again. There's not too much to say about classes except that I am doing well in all of them.
We went to church in Athens last Sunday morning and then spent the say running around like mad to make it to the Roman and Greek agoras before they closed. The agora is the ancient marketplace, for those that don't know. It was interesting to see the sites, but I forgot my camera, so if you really want to see pictures then you should look them up on the internet. They do have the only complete temple at the Greek agora. Complete in the sense that it still has its original roof and is not nearly as deteriorated as most of the others. The Parthenon was actually in the same boat until about 200 years ago when the Turks occupied Greece and stored ammunition there. During the Venetian wars, a stray Venetian bullet went into the Parthenon and blew it up. I'm saying all that from memory, though, so don't look it up and prove me wrong. There is a good chance that I'm wrong.
Sunday night I went with a few others to the church in Glyfada again. It was still good. Dino drove us back in his van. I'll go ahead and note that every car here is a standard, so riding in the back of a crowded van that rocks back and forth a little bit every time the driver shifts gears as well as the fact that there was someone talking in my ear the whole time made me feel pretty car sick, so I went to bed pretty quickly after getting back to the Artemis.
On Monday night there were 10 of us that went to a soup kitchen in Athens to help out, which was a really good experience. There were over 300 people that came, most of them non-English speaking Muslims. A lot of them actually spoke French, which Roman loved because he got a chance to talk to people in French. One lady got really mad at me because I spilled about a drop of soup on the table in front of her (not on her at all). I cleaned it up but she continued to glare at me for about 5 minutes, which I thought was funny. I went upstairs to the kitchen a guy clean the pots after everyone was served. I wore an apron so it wouldn't get all over my clothes (but it still did a little bit), and when I went downstairs to get another pot some of the people there laughed at my tea-pot covered apron. It was all good fun.
There's a bit of an argument on campus about the name of one of the dogs. I gave Flapjack his name for no particular reason other than him being my favorite one, but Devin and Roman both claim that they named him Copper. Hunter calls him Buddy but since he calls everyone that it doesn't really count. I've got roughly half of the people here calling him Flapjack, while others call him Copper. It's true that whoever it was called him Copper before I named him, but Copper is too boring a name for this dog. He's definitely Flapjack.
I didn't really get out much in the first week that we were here, but on Friday I went to the store with Ben and Cabot. We found a little trail right next to the little shop we went to and ended up going hiking for 4 hours. Flapjack stayed with us the whole time. We made it to the other side of Porto Rafti, where we found this big open field with some caves to climb in and sat there for a while. Then we climbed out through one of the caves and jumped a fence to walk through someone's vineyard to get to the street. We had to lift the fence to left Flapjack through because he couldn't make it over and we couldn't get back over to pick him up.
On Saturday I went to Athens with Brittany, Tillie, and LaRell. We just did some shopping and walking around. That's really all I have to say about that.
We had church at the Artemis on Sunday afternoon so we had some time to do whatever we wanted beforehand. Roman, Cody, and I went walking along the coast to the other side of Porto Rafti. We were trying to make it to some cliffs to look out but after walking for about an hour and a half and getting within a half hour of getting there we decided that we had to turn back to make it home in time for church.
We were supposed to leave yesterday to go to the Peloponnese, which is the big peninsula in the southern part of Greece, but there was a mix up with the travel agency. They had moved our trip to the first week in April because yesterday was a Grecian holiday. Tim managed to get the trip moved to Wednesday and got us a day trip to Corinth for yesterday.
We saw some nice stuff in Corinth. It was really the first place that we've been to that Paul spent a lot of his time ministering to. We went up to the Acrocorinth, which is the high point, where there was an old castle. Morgan has had a bad knee the whole trip and Rebbecca was going to wait with her at the bottom since it's at least a 30 minute hike but Jordan got Roman, Justin, Richard, and me to help carry her up. We took turns carrying her on our backs but it turned out to be really tough because it was so steep. We got it done though. Cody and Hunter carried her down after we ate lunch and sat up there for about 45 minutes.
We had classes this morning so we wouldn't have to have them on Saturday. They weren't bad, though. We watched a movie in Paul and Greek is always pretty fun. Who knew that Anthony Hopkins played Paul in a made-for-TV movie early in his career. It's actually a pretty good movie so far though. It's interesting to note that the role that Anthony Hopkins played right before he played Paul was Adolf Hitler.
We leave tomorrow to continue our trip. It should be fun. We get back on Friday night. It's a beautiful day out right now, though, so I'm going to go ahead and go outside.
Monday, February 16, 2009
on the sleeper train to luxor
Alright, here all of my details will be getting very sketchy because I wasn't able to write anything down. Actually, I'm not sure if I have any details. I know that we went to a few more churches, which weren't terrible interesting. I would have been fine going to a few churches throughout the course of the trip, but because we visited something like 3 a day it really made all of them very uninteresting.
We also went to Memphis and that was nice. There were some statue and a sphinx. Not the Sphinx, but a sphinx. I also met some tourist police behind a statue of Ramses II who wanted money. I took a picture with them and then walked away before they could ask. There was another guy who grabbed Shannon and wanted to take a picture with her so I took one. Then he wanted to take a picture of us but we just walked away before he could ask us for money. This was a bit of a trend in Egypt.
We also saw the Step Pyramid in Memphis. That was cool. It was a nice little break in the day.
We then went to see some people make rugs. They asked us for money.
We also took a boat ride on the Nile, which was a lot of fun.
We rode on the sleeper train to Luxor that night. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't sleep very well. I got some good rest, but I woke up quite a few times.
In Luxor we saw a few ancient temples and went for a sailboat ride on the Nile. It was a good day. We had church in one of the temples, which was a little awkward considering how many people were there, but it was still good.
We took another late flight back to Athens and I couldn't sleep well on the plane. We got back to Porto Rafti and the Artemis around 7 and I slept from 7:30 to about 12:30. Then I started working on updating my blog and pictures and now it's 11 and I'm almost done.
We also went to Memphis and that was nice. There were some statue and a sphinx. Not the Sphinx, but a sphinx. I also met some tourist police behind a statue of Ramses II who wanted money. I took a picture with them and then walked away before they could ask. There was another guy who grabbed Shannon and wanted to take a picture with her so I took one. Then he wanted to take a picture of us but we just walked away before he could ask us for money. This was a bit of a trend in Egypt.
We also saw the Step Pyramid in Memphis. That was cool. It was a nice little break in the day.
We then went to see some people make rugs. They asked us for money.
We also took a boat ride on the Nile, which was a lot of fun.
We rode on the sleeper train to Luxor that night. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't sleep very well. I got some good rest, but I woke up quite a few times.
In Luxor we saw a few ancient temples and went for a sailboat ride on the Nile. It was a good day. We had church in one of the temples, which was a little awkward considering how many people were there, but it was still good.
We took another late flight back to Athens and I couldn't sleep well on the plane. We got back to Porto Rafti and the Artemis around 7 and I slept from 7:30 to about 12:30. Then I started working on updating my blog and pictures and now it's 11 and I'm almost done.
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