July 21st - Day 41

Kerameikos

Today was a fairly easy day as we wind down our 6 weeks here in Greece. We visited the Kerameikos, an area located to the northwest of the Acropolis. The Kerameikos was the potters' quarter of the city and was also a site of an important cemetery and numerous funerary sculptures erected along the road out of the city towards Eleusis.

This is also the site where the Hiera Hodos (the Sacred Way) began, along which the procession moved for the Eleusinian Mysteries. We visited the destination of the procession, Eleusis, back on June 26th. After touring the site, we visited the small archaeological museum there to look at some of the finds.

We had the rest of the afternoon off and I spent it doing a little souvenir shopping before heading back to Loring Hall to relax and take a nap. Later that evening I met up with some group members and we went to a local restaurant called Avocado, which is an all vegetarian/vegan restaurant. The food was absolutely amazing. I had a juice drink and a margarita pizza - all made with fresh, local ingredients.

Tomorrow is another early day as we embark on our last day trip to the island of Aigina.