Tentative Itinerary

Got my tentative itinerary today! The names in bold are confirmed guest speakers. Getting super excited!!

ATHENS - 6 ½ days, 6 nights

Monday, 11 June         

• 12:00 Loring Hall opens, check-in; 5:30-6:30 Tea; 6:30 Lykavittos walk

Tuesday, 12 June         

• Morning: ASCSA Orientation:  Bob Bridges & Jack Davis
• The School:  Bob Bridges & Jack Davis
• Blegen Library:  Karen Bohrer
• Computers:  Tarek Elemam & Konstantinos Tzortzinis
• Loring Hall:  Niamh (pronounced “Neeve”) Michalopoulon
• Afternoon:  Areopagos, Pnyx, Philopappos:
• Evening:  Welcome party

Wednesday, 13 June   

• Morning: Hephaisteion:  John Camp
• Agora I: offices, storerooms, conservation:  Jan Jordan, Karen Løven and Agora team
• Afternoon: ASCSA Archives:  Natalia Voigekoff-Brogan
• Gennadeius Library:  Maria Georgopoulon
• Wiener Laboratory:  Sherry Fox

Thursday, 14 June       

• DAY TRIP: Brauron, Thorikos:  Bob Bridges
• Sounion:  Aileen Ajootian

Friday, 15 June            

• Morning:  Akropolis I: Introduction & Parthenon: Lena Lambrinou
• Afternoon:  NAM I: Prehistoric & Thera galleries:

Saturday, 16 June        

• Morning:  NAM II: Pottery: Sonia Klinger
• Afternoon:  Akropolis II: Propylaia & Nike bastion: Julia Shear

Sunday, 17 June          

• Morning:  Olympeion and Ilissos monuments: Bob Lamberton;
• Roman Athens: Herodes Atticus, Tower of the Winds
• Afternoon:  boat for Crete (Iraklion)

 TRIP TO CRETE - 6 days, 7 nights

Monday, 18 June         

• Arrive Iraklion ca. 6:00;  INSTAP Center:  Tom Brogan
• Azorias:  Don Haggis
• Mochlos:  Jeffrey Soles; night in Siteia

Tuesday, 19 June         

• Siteia Museum, Palaikastro:  Carl Knappett; Gorge of the Dead/Kato Zakro, Toplou; night in Siteia

Wednesday, 20 June   

• Gournia:  Vance Watrous
• Malia, Iraklion Museum; night in Iraklion

Thursday, 21 June      

• Knossos:  Don Evely;  Historical Museum of Crete; night in Iraklion

Friday, 22 June            

• Gortyn, Phaistos; lunch and swim at Matala; night in Rethymno

Saturday, 23 June        

• Rethymnon Archaeological Museum, Chania Archaeological Museum; 
• Etz Chaim Synagogue: Nikos Stavroulakis; (Venizelos tomb) ca. 8:00 pm boat to Peiraeos

 ATHENS - 4 days, 4 nights

Sunday, 24 June          

• Arrive Athens, early morning
• Afternoon:  Post-antique Athens:  Bob Bridges

Monday, 25 June         

• Morning:  Akropolis III & IV:  Erekhtheion and South slope:  Julia Shea
• Afternoon:  NAM III:  

Tuesday, 26 June         

• DAY TRIP:  Eleusis:  Margie Miles
• Eleutherai, Aigosthaina

Wednesday, 27June    

• Morning:  Agora II: the Site:  John Camp
• Afternoon:  Epigraphical Museum:  Mary Richardson

 TRIP TO THE PELOPONNESE - 10 days, 9 nights

Thursday, 28 June       

• Corinth Canal;  Corinth:  Site:  Guy Sanders
• Museum:  Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst
• Demeter sanctuary:  Nancy Bookidis
• Acrocorinth:  Glenn Bugh;  night in New Corinth

Friday, 29 June            

• Isthmia:  Betsy Gebhard and/or Tim Gregory
• Nemea:  Kim Shelton; night in Nauplion

Saturday, 30 June        

• Morning:  Nauplion Museum, Folk Art Museum;  Palamidi
• Afternoon:  Epidauros:  
• Evening:  play at Epidauros (maybe), night in Nauplion

Sunday, 1 July              

• Morning:  Mycenae and Mycenae Museum:  Kim Shelton
• Afternoon:  Lerna:  Susan Petrakis
• Argos Museum, Tiryns; night in Nauplion

Monday, 2 July            

• Mantineia, “Heleneion”, Sparta Akropolis; night in Sparta

Tuesday, 3 July            

• Sparta Museum, Artemis Orthia:
• Mistra, Methoni; night in Pylos

Wednesday, 4 July      

• Chora Museum, Palace of Nestor:  Shari Stocker 
• boat to Sphacteria, night in Pylos

Thursday, 5 July          

• Messene; Mt. Lykaion:  David Romano, Mary Voyatzis; night in Olympia

Friday, 6 July               

• Olympia site & museum; night in Olympia

Saturday, 7 July          

• Patras Archaeological Museum, Perachora; return to Athens

 ATHENS - 5 days, 6 nights

Sunday, 8 July              

• Morning free
• Afternoon:  Byzantine & Christian Museum:

Monday, 9 July            

• Morning:  Agora III & IV: Museum & Houses:  Barbara Tsakirgis
• Afternoon: NAM IV: Archaic-Hellenistic Sculpture: Carol Lawton

Tuesday, 10 July          

• DAY TRIP: Marathon, Rhamnous

Wednesday, 11 July    

• Morning: Akropolis V:  Akropolis Museum:  Jenifer Neils
• Afternoon: NAM V: Roman Sculpture:  Mary Sturgeon

Thursday, 12 July       

• ½ DAY TRIP:  Peiraeus Museum:  Olga Palagia
• Afternoon:  free for reports

 TRIP TO THE NORTH - 8 days, 7 nights

Friday, 13 July             

• Boiotia: Thebes:  Kevin Daly & Stephanie Larson
• Distomo, Livadia—Herkyna Springs, Trophonius oracle—Hosios Loukas; night in Delphi

Saturday, 14 July         

• Delphi site & museum; night in Delphi

Sunday, 15 July            

• Delphi?, Orchomenos, Chaironeia, Thermopylai; night in Kalambaka

Monday, 16 July          

• Meteora; Aiani; Thessaloniki—possibly Archaeological Museum or walking tour; night in Thessaloniki

Tuesday, 17 July          

• Olynthos; Thessaloniki:  Archaeological Museum, Ataturk house or walking tour; night in Thessaloniki

Wednesday, 18 July    

• Pella:  Ioannis Akamatris;  Vergina; Thessaloniki:  walking tour or Ataturk house; night in Thessaloniki

Thursday, 19 July        

• Dion; Vale of Tempe, Dimini; night in Makrynitsa

Friday, 20 July             

• Volos museum; swim stop (Mitrou)?; night in Loring

 ATHENS - 4 ½ days, 5 nights

Saturday, 21 July         

• Morning free
• Afternoon:  Kerameikos:  Sarah Morris/John Papadopoulos

Sunday, 22 July            

• DAY TRIP:  Aigina

Monday, 23 July          

• Morning:  Agora V:  the new excavations:  John Camp
• Afternoon:  Lysikrates Monument, Monastiriki & Plaka

Tuesday, 24 July          

• Optional exam
• Evening: farewell party

Wednesday, 25 July    12:00 Departure