Today was an absolute whirlwind. I spent five hours seeing three museums and a photography gallery. I began the day by sleeping in: until 9:30. I love vacation. Then started the museum circuit. I returned to the National Archaeological Museum, found out some more information and then went next door to the Epigraphical Museum. Just […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Athens (Aegina)
Today’s adventure was to Aegina, the closest island to Athens. This island is notable for two things: its pistachios and how it has become a suburb to Athens with people commuting to work from there. Sure, there’s a lot of archaeological material there too, but those two are definitely its two current popular points. To […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Athens (Rhetorical Sites)
Today was supposed to be my day of rhetoric. I’m taking a course via correspondence at TCU this semester in it. In the course, Dr. Enos gave me an assignment for when I visited Athens. I like to call it a university-level scavenger hunt. I had four things to find in the National Archaeological Museum […]
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Every city is known for some quirk in its personality. Venice: the Romance. Florence: lots of Universities. Rome: the Church. Athens: the Promoters. I met the TCU girls at a hill by the Acropolis. The Areopagos (Hill of Ares — the Greek God of War) is this incredibly slippery giant rock outcropping that you can […]
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Around 2500 years ago the Greeks built one of the most recognized buildings in the world. It was situated on top of a giant rock outcropping that put it in an almost perfect defensive position. Now the Parthenon is being reconstructed after the Venetians destroyed most of it when the Turks controlled Greece. The Venetians, […]
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The Plaka, not to be confused with the enemy of the world’s dentists, is an area near the Acropolis with shops and taverns (the Greek equivalent of an Italian ristorante). It’s also a five minute walk from my hotel, which is VERY close to the Acropolis. The Hotel Philippos is a three-star hotel that definitely […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Athens (The Flight)
Imagine a perfect airline. Imagine the perfect flight. List the qualities and that is what I experienced today. That is what airlines are supposed to be like. Aegean Air was perfect for my flight from Rome to Athens, Greece. To begin, I was lucky enough to get an entire exit row to myself. For someone […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Breaking It Up
Today’s adventure was to Aegina, the closest island to Athens. This island is notable for two things: its pistachios and how it has become a suburb to Athens with people commuting to work from there. Sure, there’s a lot of archaeological material there too, but those two are definitely its two current popular points. To […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Eventful Day
I just finished one of the most enjoyable and eventful days of my life. Imagine every class you take is incredibly interesting and none of it seems like a waste of time. Imagine every break in between classes naturally flowing with every errand you need to make on a stop directly between your location and […]
ContinueFlorence, Italy: Slowing Up (or Down if you prefer)
It’s fun how quickly books can change perspective. I previously wrote about my guilty conscience for quickly reading my book on slowness. I got over it pretty fast, sped along, and finished it tonight. The book is good in so many ways. While I’d love to adopt most of its philosophies on slowness, I’m more […]
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