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Friday, March 30, 2012

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

Saturday, March 24, 2012

I'm Going to Greece!

I am extremely excited to announce that I have been accepted to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. I will be spending 6 weeks in Greece this summer, along with fellow educators, traveling and learning about Greece's history and culture. The program runs June 11th through July 25th. While in Greece I am going to be blogging about my experiences and posting pictures and videos. Feel free to become a follower in order to receive updates from my trip!