Traveling to Greece
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I am so happy that you are getting to do this and with the possibility of returning in the future.
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Is there a German word for happiness caused by news of others' good fortune? Nope. So Pali "Muditā" will have to do the job.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:01 pmSo what am I doing here? The American director is a friend from graduate school. Right before COVID I asked him about his summer plans with the motive of asking to go along. He was thrilled to oblige me, but COVID put it off until now. This year we are getting the operation up and running again, and next year new sites at the citadel will be excavated. I am hoping to be able to return for future seasons.
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Today we are visiting the Pythia at Delphi. The museum is amazing. Now we are at lunch, and I am trying papoutsaki for the first time. It is scrumptious! Eggplant stuffed with minced meat and bechamel sauce. Outstanding! The restaurant is Phivos, and it offers majestic views of the valley and Corinthian Gulf.
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Checked out pictures online and it looks beautiful. Such a cultural experience. I'm jealous.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:11 amToday we are visiting the Pythia at Delphi. The museum is amazing. Now we are at lunch, and I am trying papoutsakia for the first time. It is scrumptious! Eggplant stuffed with minced meat and bechamel sauce. Outstanding! The restaurant is Phivos, and it offers majestic views of the valley and Corinthian Gulf.
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Yup. That is a nice restaurant! Did you find a suitably dazed-looking Greek lady in the ruins (possibly puffing on a joint) through whom to put your query to the god?Kishkumen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:11 amToday we are visiting the Pythia at Delphi. The museum is amazing. Now we are at lunch, and I am trying papoutsakia for the first time. It is scrumptious! Eggplant stuffed with minced meat and bechamel sauce. Outstanding! The restaurant is Phivos, and it offers majestic views of the valley and Corinthian Gulf.
Of course you chose a restaurant bearing the god's name ...
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So many ancient sites in the Mediterranean are worth seeing, but I think Delphi is still special.
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The Greek professor we are working with on the excavation has family roots in Desfina and Delphi. He knows the owner of Phivos and recommends the place highly. I did not, unfortunately, find a suitably dazed Greek woman in the ruins, but I saw where she likely sat, and I felt the charge of imagining what it must have been like to consult her!
Yes, I noticed we ended up in a restaurant named after Apollo. I guess the poor guy still gets some attention after all these thousands of years.
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He gets it daily, whether humans realize it or not...Kishkumen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:39 pmThe Greek professor we are working with on the excavation has family roots in Desfina and Delphi. He knows the owner of Phivos and recommends the place highly. I did not, unfortunately, find a suitably dazed Greek woman in the ruins, but I saw where she likely sat, and I felt the charge of imagining what it must have been like to consult her!
Yes, I noticed we ended up in a restaurant named after Apollo. I guess the poor guy still gets some attention after all these thousands of years.
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Today was my final day excavating at the site. We were finding some good stuff, so our Greek minder became very concerned and shut us down for the day. Tomorrow because of a scheduling conflict, we will have no minder, so we can’t dig. Saturday I leave Greece for the US. After lunch, I went to the apothiki and took photos of the finds. Most everything is Mycenaean pottery bits, but there are also some animal and human remains. I wasn’t asked to take pics of the remains, because in the apothiki I was working under a world-class ceramics expert, not anthropologist or biologist.
How will we spend tomorrow? Going to see other ancient sites, a museum at Amphissa, and shopping. We will have a BBQ my last evening here. I leave for the airport at 7 am Saturday. Bye-bye, Desfina. Bye-bye, Greece.
How will we spend tomorrow? Going to see other ancient sites, a museum at Amphissa, and shopping. We will have a BBQ my last evening here. I leave for the airport at 7 am Saturday. Bye-bye, Desfina. Bye-bye, Greece.
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We’ve enjoyed following along. Thanks for the updates, Kish.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:46 pmToday was my final day excavating at the site. We were finding some good stuff, so our Greek minder became very concerned and shut us down for the day. Tomorrow because of a scheduling conflict, we will have no minder, so we can’t dig. Saturday I leave Greece for the US. After lunch, I went to the apothiki and took photos of the finds. Most everything is Mycenaean potter bits, but there are also some animal and human remains. I wasn’t asked to take picks of the remains, because in the apothiki I was working under a world-class ceramics expert.
How will we spend tomorrow? Going to see other ancient sites, a museum at Amphissa, and shopping. We will have a BBQ my last evening here. I leave for the airport at 7 am Saturday. Bye-bye, Desfina. Bye-bye, Greece.