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Posted on April 30, 2013February 5, 2017

Greece 2012 #7 Temples and Take-Off

Then before we realised it, it was the last day of the road trip portion of our journey. In a desperate attempt to fit everything in we visited three major…

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Posted on April 8, 2013February 5, 2017

Greece 2012 #6: Mystra and Menelaoin

The morning we left Sparti we visited the stunning, Frankish, hilltop monastic settlement, Mystra. The Byzantine architecture fit beautifully into the rocky landscape.    It was also a peaceful place and…

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Posted on April 4, 2013February 5, 2017

Greece 2012 #5 Olympia and Sparta

We crossed the huge cable bridge that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland as Tom told us about the many naval battles that had been fought in the waters around…

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Posted on April 2, 2013April 7, 2016

Greece 2012 #4 Itea and Delphi

Itea was once the ancient port of the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi. After five days in dusty, sweltering Athens getting beside the sea was relief and a half. Itea is…

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Posted on April 1, 2013April 7, 2016

Greece 2012 #3 Museum and Leaving Athens

  So the main problem with writing about the Archaeological Museum properly is that I would basically need a few days and would finish up with a PHD.  It’s huge.…

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Posted on March 31, 2013April 7, 2016

Greece 2012 #2

The study tour section of the trip started in earnest at half eight on Tuesday morning after our dishevelled group staggered down from breakfast, such as it was. I was…

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Posted on March 28, 2013October 27, 2016

An Archaeology Tour of Greece (2012) #1

I’ve wanted to go to Athens and see the Acropolis since I was eleven and my drama teacher started us on Greek tragedies. So when a university study trip of ten…

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Posted on January 31, 2013October 30, 2016

Istanbul (2012) #4: Turkish Art and the Spice Bazaar

Down the side of Sultanahmet mosque is a square with Egyptian obelisks brought to then Constantinople by the Romans and the Serpent Column of Greece which once stood as a Pan-Hellenic monument…

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