I spent a few days in Lisbon early this month, then flew to Athens on July 7. At the airport, I met up with Wes, who is staff on AROURA. We drove together to Kastro, a village near where we are staying. Wes is friends with a local man named Dino and his whole family, who invited us to share their dinner. They had a Cretan salad, french fries, and barbecued wild boar. It was amazing and the perfect start to our time here in Greece. We finally left their house after midnight and made our way to Κóκκινο (Kókkino), where the field house is. We met up with the project leader there, and settled in for a night of too little sleep.
At 6:30am on July 8, we got up and ready then headed to Θήβα (Thíva - better known to Americans as Thebes), where we have a little work space in which we store the artifact collection. We started cataloging the collection in great detail, and we've been working on that for two days now. The work day ends around 2:30, after which we get lunch and take siesta. Later on we may work in the evenings but for now we have just relaxed until dinner time, followed by bedtime.
Today the temperature was about 100.4°F, so after siesta we drove out to the shore and found a beach that Michael knew. We went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea there, which was delightfully cool and definitely worth the 45 minute trip.
I don't have any photos to share because I've been too busy enjoying myself to drag out my camera. I mostly wanted to let everyone know that I made it here and that our work is underway. It's the start of another great season at AROURA.
At 6:30am on July 8, we got up and ready then headed to Θήβα (Thíva - better known to Americans as Thebes), where we have a little work space in which we store the artifact collection. We started cataloging the collection in great detail, and we've been working on that for two days now. The work day ends around 2:30, after which we get lunch and take siesta. Later on we may work in the evenings but for now we have just relaxed until dinner time, followed by bedtime.
Today the temperature was about 100.4°F, so after siesta we drove out to the shore and found a beach that Michael knew. We went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea there, which was delightfully cool and definitely worth the 45 minute trip.
I don't have any photos to share because I've been too busy enjoying myself to drag out my camera. I mostly wanted to let everyone know that I made it here and that our work is underway. It's the start of another great season at AROURA.
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