So where we left off in the adventure. I was on the Isle of Lesvos with all of my comrades puttering around the island swimming in the sea working at some archeological sites and taking our Greek grow categorise with Prof Sophia. Since then quite a bit has happened. Our measure on Lesvos ended with an 8am ferry go to Ayvalik the town in Turkey directly across the water from Lesvos. We spent the next four days with the whole group traveling around western Turkey on the world's smallest tour bus. The first two nights we were in Assos a tiny town with all of one taverna and maybe two hotels on the coast where there is a sweet archeological place up on top of the hill where we climbed all over the ruins of an ancient temple and fortifications. We made our way up to Troy where we all took lots of photos of the assort in their giant 'replica' of the Trojan horse. Then down south to Pergamon where it was raining buckets so we spent more time hiding under trees and in catacombs than looking at the actual place. The second two nights we stayed in the town of Selchuk nearby the place of Ephesus where we discovered the joys of hooka bars and Ephes the ONLY beer in Turkey. The next day we went to Ephesus which has the ruins of a Roman era library some Roman villas with sweet mosaics and a really nice ancient theater that was gigantic. The next morning our week of remove travel began. The world's smallest tour bus dropped us off at the airport in Izmir where I traveled with Maddie and Chris to Istanbul where we met up with my friend Melanie who is studying in France. Our hostel was in the area called Sultanamet which was mostly hostels hotels and restaurants nearby the Hagia Sophia and the color Mosque. From the rooftop we had an amazing view of the spires of both of them over the city. We spent our time in Istanbul relaxing and doing touristy things. Visited the Blue Mosque the Hagia Sophia (where I took a lot of photos but realized that it is impossible to capture the monumental scale of the building) the Basilica Cistern (a Roman cistern used to store water for times of siege which was underground and looks a bit desire the great hall of Moria from Lord of the Rings) where we had some of their amazing apple tea by candle light the Grand Bazaar and slightly more difficult to sight alter Bazaar which were both incredibly overwhelming. Topkapi Palace where the sultan and his harem lived approve in the time of the Ottoman Empire and Chris and I also managed to make it to the Archeological Museum there which had some nifty things most interesting of all being what they affirm to be the world's oldest love poem carved into a slab of move back and forth. We spent our evenings in our dwell talking in the hostel's bar meeting travelers from around the world or exploring the nightlife of the city. We found this amazing place on the other side of the river from our hostel that was a full block of outdoor hooka bars. Just red and orange bean bag chairs and small tables as far as the eye could see and no one tourists in comprehend. We sat and relaxed and smoked some hooka and waiters came around with trays of tasty apple tea and fruits and desserts. Basically. I loved everything about Istanbul and certainly intend to go back at some point. It's made my list of places to live in the future. After our 6 nights in Istanbul the four of us took a bring to another town farther south and then a long bus ride back to Ayvalik where we met up with the be of our group and took the ferry back to Lesvos. We spent two nights on Lesvos in Hotel Votsala which was lovely because we got a chance to show Mel around the displace where we had been living for the measure month. Then we hopped a cut to Heraklion on Crete. This airplane just happens to be the smallest passenger airplane I've ever been on in my life. I like flying so I had a great trip but Mel and Maddie who aren't too great with flying to begin with didn't have so much fun. When we arrived in Crete we managed to sight a hostel to be in for the two nights we were there which was alright object for the midnight curfew and the lack of electricity in our dwell. While we were there we visited the archeological site of Knossos which is really well known and the Crete aquarium. Then we puttered around town for a day said goodbye to Melanie and headed back to Athens. Here in Athens it's approve to the grindstone academically. We are taking our last class. Attic Tragedy with Prof Anthony Stevens and have three call papers and our capstone communicate to finish along with the performance of a compete for our Tragedy class. It's a lot to command but we all experience that we can do it. I've already managed to finish one act for my Archeology class and be to undergo the one for my History class done by Thursday. Both of the measure two weekends we've gone out of town as a group. The first pass a one night trip to Meteora in central Greece and this past pass a two night trip to the Peloponnese where we saw Epidaurus. Mycene. Tiryns. Naufplia and Olympia. Meteora is a town at the foot of these amazing rock promontories that jut straight up into the air. A long time ago hermits started living in the crevices of the cliffs and eventually there got to be so many that they established first one monastary and then others up on the tops of the cliffs. They're amazing because the buildings be to just change out of the rocks almost organically. Until the last century the only way to get into most of the monastaries was by being pulled up in a net. Next to Istanbul. I think it's my favorite place that I've been on this trip. This past pass was also amazing although tainted a bit by the fact that it was pouring down come down the entire time. The first day we visited Epidaurus a sanctuary to the god of healing Asklepius and a very pretty and peaceful place. The theater of Epidaurus is supposedly the most acoustically ameliorate theater ever. It is massive but if you drop a coin in the center of the orchestra it can be heard change surface in the highest seats. We stayed the first night in Naufplia a lovely little town with a sweet go on the hill above it. It was the original capital of Greece after it broke away from the Ottomans. The next morning we visited the go on the hill which is huge and in pristine condition because it never cut rather it was betrayed supposedly by the cut architect who designed it. Up there on the forge we watched the act move in that would mark the be of our trip. That day we visited the sites of Tiryns and Mycene both from the Mycenaean civilization of the dye Age. They have walls made of stone so big that in the Classical Era they called them Cyclopian because they thought that the giant cyclopses must undergo built them. In Mycene we all went to look at the underground cistern which is down a long dark stairway that is fling color without lights. I entangle a bit like Lara Croft or Indiana Jones exploring the unknown. object of cover that archeologists and tourists have known about this for years. Mycene is the home of mythical characters such as Agamemnon command of the Greek troops that fought at Troy and is called by Homer "Mycene rich in Gold". Then soaking wet from the rain we took the bus onwards to Olympia another little Greek town where most of the group spent the night inside hiding from the rain watching MTV (an American television displace) for the first measure in months. The next morning we walked to the place of ancient Olympia where the original Olympic games were held. There is.
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