Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Legend & Reality


Tonight this twenty-year old is blogging from Greece. Yesterday the group spent the entire day traveling from Turkey to Greece. Sadly, I must state that so far Turkey has been better then Greece, but the full comparison will have to wait. 

I wanted to blog about my favorite sites I visited so I split them up into two categories, Legend and Reality.

Legend

Troy - Although an actual city and an actual battle, Troy VI is steeped in myth. 

The Trojan horse - rebuilt
Alex with the Trojan horse used in the movie Troy

Mt. Olympus Greece, from Greek mythology 

Mt. Olympus 

Reality 

Inscription of Emperor Trajan 
Exploring some ancient buildings 
At a Turkish carpet factory - confused as always
The Aegean Sea with the setting sun
Hellenistic walls at Sardis 
"Thinking" like Aristotle at Assos (He lived here for 5 years)
Agora at Philippi and the Roman Road

I apologize for those waiting on my blog, Greek Internet is actually more sketch than Turkish Internet, so hopefully I will be able to blog in two more days. Enjoy the cold while I bask in the 60 degree weather next to the Aegean Sea! 

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