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I return! ^__^ After six weeks abroad and several days of slacking off getting over jet-lag - I'm sure you all missed me very much. *wry*
My trip was pretty awesome overall - ended up spending 4 weeks in Greece and the rest of the time in England. Greece is very hot at this time of year (especially when you're visiting archeological sites like it's going out of fashion). Spent the majority of my time in Athens (the Acropolis! the National Archeology Museum! the Agora!), but also visited Delphi, Corinth, Mycenae, Tiryns, Epidauros, Argos, Sparta, Pylos (sorta), Olympia and the islands of Mykonos and Delos. Boo yeah. Now I need to remit my expenses to the school so they can help pay for some of my monster trip. *fist pump for scholarships*
Also had the distinct joy of meeting![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ldyavalon for lunch and fangirling. It was awesome to meet you hon! I'll be getting the photos my cousin took in September and I'll send you a copy.
So yeah! Trip was good, not enough writing was done and now I need to figure out what I haven't done so far this summer than needs finishing before school starts back up orz. I'm slowly working backwards through my f-lists to see what I've missed in the last month and a half, but if you have a) made a post or b) know of a post that you think I'd want to read, I'd appreciate it.
And of course, if people have questions etc about the actual specifics of my trip or a particular site or whatever, please feel free!
*hearts*
My trip was pretty awesome overall - ended up spending 4 weeks in Greece and the rest of the time in England. Greece is very hot at this time of year (especially when you're visiting archeological sites like it's going out of fashion). Spent the majority of my time in Athens (the Acropolis! the National Archeology Museum! the Agora!), but also visited Delphi, Corinth, Mycenae, Tiryns, Epidauros, Argos, Sparta, Pylos (sorta), Olympia and the islands of Mykonos and Delos. Boo yeah. Now I need to remit my expenses to the school so they can help pay for some of my monster trip. *fist pump for scholarships*
Also had the distinct joy of meeting
ldyavalon for lunch and fangirling. It was awesome to meet you hon! I'll be getting the photos my cousin took in September and I'll send you a copy.So yeah! Trip was good, not enough writing was done and now I need to figure out what I haven't done so far this summer than needs finishing before school starts back up orz. I'm slowly working backwards through my f-lists to see what I've missed in the last month and a half, but if you have a) made a post or b) know of a post that you think I'd want to read, I'd appreciate it.
And of course, if people have questions etc about the actual specifics of my trip or a particular site or whatever, please feel free!
*hearts*
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How was everything? *is intensely nosy because she wants to travel there one day*
I almost yelled Sparta, lulzFrom:
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It was quite the trip - Greece only seems to have one temperature setting in the summer; hot. It rained all of twice while I was there and the rest of the time it was blue skies and sun. I got sunburned a lot. Average temp was about 33-36 celcius, 25 overnight, and it went up over 40 a couple times. *melts just thinking about it*
Most people speak at least some English and all the street signs etc were bilingual. Their road signs (i.e. Tripoli = 97km that way), however, sucked lots.
And Sparta was disappointing actually - very untouristy. I couldn't even find someone selling postcards! And their traffic may be the most terrifying thing I've ever seen (no stop signs or street lights anywhere).
Definitely worth a visit though - especially if you're interested in ancient history (or want to go sleep in the sun on an island somewhere I suppose ^^). Hope you get to go someday!