Nichols Trip to Greece 2002

Greece 2002

 
   


 

 


 
Our first day of touring began by going up to the Acropolis:
The Temple of Athena was straight ahead. 

 

The Temple of the Vestal Virgins was to the left:



 

There was a beautiful view of the city from the Acropolis:



 

   

There was also a beautiful museum on top of the Acropolis.  At the door of the museum was a statue of an owl, the symbol of wisdom:



Inside the museum were statues of Apollo:



 

 

As well as a statue of Athena, contemplating:



 

After the Acropolis, we walked down the hill to the Temple of Hephaestus:



Next to this temple was the Ancient Agora, or marketplace.  This was where Socrates spent his time questioning the leaders of Athens and where, eventually, he was imprisoned and died.  This picture is of the 2002 group of Lyon students outside of the Agora Museum.  No, they are not celebrating the demise of Socrates; they are celebrating a short break in the shade.

  They were ready for lunch and to be allowed to wander around on their own.  



 

 


 

The next day we went to FOUR museums and then to the House of Parliament:

There were guards in front of the House of Parliament who gave us quite a show when it came time for the changing of the guard:

 

 


 


 

On the third day we took a bus trip out to Corinth, where Paul preached.  We saw ruins of the city as well as of the Temple of Apollo:

 

 


 


 
   
 
 
 


 
 
 


 

 

On the fourth day we took a ferry ride to Aegina:

 

We saw the Temple of Aspasia:

 

We walked down the hill from the temple, ate a meal and had a swim.  Then we had a very crowed bus trip back to the dock to catch the ferry.

On Day #5 we went to the National Archealogical Museum.  Among the many, many exhibits were a bust of Hygeia, the goddess of health,  a statue of Zeus, throwing his thunderbolts, and a statue of Poseidon, god of the sea, holding his trident:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on that day, we climbed up Mount Likavittos and got another great view of the city:

 

 

 

 


 

The following day we took another bus trip, this time to Epidarus, which has the best theater in all of Greece:

And from Epidarus we went to Mycenae, where Agamemnon supposedly lived and was buried.

 

 


 


  This is Lion's Gate, the opening to the Acropolis at Mycenae:

 

 


 


 

This is the view from Mycenae over the surrounding countryside:

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

The next day we took a Hydroplane to the island of Hydra and went swimming.  Hydra is beautiful and remote:  no vehicles other than garbage trucks, transportation was by foot or by mule.

 

 

These pictures of Hydra are of the May, 2000 Lyon students:

 

 


 


  The next day we took another bus trip to Delphi, the cite of the ancient oracle.

 

 


 


 

At the museum there, we saw a Spinx and the statue of a charioteer who had just won the Olympic competition:

 


 


 


 

The students on the May 2000 trip also saw Dr. Beck picking hemlock at Delphi.  I wonder what that is for?

 

 


 


Once back in Athens, a sub-group of the 2002 trip went to see the Olympic stadium and pool which were being built to prepare for the 2004 Olympics:

 

 


 



We also saw a beautiful statue outside the stadium:

 

 


 


 

Our last excursion was to Cape Sunion and the Temple of Poseidon:

 

 


 


   

Our trip was filled with fun times together and with beauty:  beautiful flowers (those infamous poppies which Rollo May talks about) and beautiful sunsets:

 

 


 

 



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