Last Day of Class

Yesterday

I forgot to mention that yesterday when we were walking through Plaka, we happened across some random drum/dance crew party going on in Monastraki Square. Pretty cool :)

Party.

Today

Transition from ancient Athens to modern Greece.

In hopes of preparing us for our next course on Paros, we got out of ancient times and looked at museums that showed a more recent Greece.

I only brought my small camera today.

1. Roman Bath. They found this when they went to dig the metro.

Roman Bath

2. Numismatic Museum: Coin exhibit.

-I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this. The museum is in the former house of Heinrich Schliemann who was obsessed with and uncovered Troy. It was interesting to see how much you could learn from coins. I particularly loved the Athens coins with Athena on one side and an owl on the other.

Horrible photo

3. Benaki Museum
-Very fancy museum, lots of exhibits of jewelry and dress as well as houseware and various types of art ranging from watercolor landscapes to Jesus.

-One of the most special pieces the exhibit has is an early work of El Greco

Traditional Greek Dress

Painting on wood, El Greco

4. Anna time!

-I had a wonderful afternoon of playing with photos and then went to the garden and sat on a bench. There was a constant breeze and I was in the shade so the heat was manageable. It was very relaxing :)

Photo of the Day

Given that I didn't have my nice camera at all today, a photoshopped panorama from my mobile photos will suffice:

My spot in the garden

Lesson of the Day
There's a zoo in the middle of the National Gardens.

The Count

Glasses of wine drinken: 103
Liters of bier drinken: 5.25ish

Museums visited: Apparently I don't have a count of this...that's dumb.

Photos taken: 3304

Tomorrow
Review session for our exam Friday

Studying? Playing?