Day 3 (Mycenae and Epidavros)
Our first site in Greece was the Mycenae. There we went to see the Palace of Agammemnon and here we got to see the ruins of that and witnessed the speech of Agammemnon re-enacted by Dr Dixon. Oh the enthusiasm he put forth in that legendary speech. We then headed toward a restaurant named Agammemnon which turned out to be a quite nice establishment that seemed to be used for wedding receptions. Next we arrived in Epidavros and were there to see the epic theater. We witnessed the ridiculous acoustics of such an ancient theatre. Here is where I got into trouble first for throwing my frisbee a quarter down the theater. Hoped that Kirk would throw it to me from the very top but unfortunately he chickened out on me. Back to Tolo for the night and we just spent it eating dinner at the hotel and of course getting more gelato in town.
That day I think it finally began to sink in that I was actually in Greece. At the palace it was just amazing to see such ancient architecture and a decent amount still intact. But then in Epidavros seeing the theater was just eye-opening. So ridiculous to see how civilizations from back then could engineer an environment that was capable to seat so many people and able to project the acting troupe's voices to even the nose-bleed section. So once getting settled in, not even the assigned course writing was gonna hamper me on this trip.
Our first site in Greece was the Mycenae. There we went to see the Palace of Agammemnon and here we got to see the ruins of that and witnessed the speech of Agammemnon re-enacted by Dr Dixon. Oh the enthusiasm he put forth in that legendary speech. We then headed toward a restaurant named Agammemnon which turned out to be a quite nice establishment that seemed to be used for wedding receptions. Next we arrived in Epidavros and were there to see the epic theater. We witnessed the ridiculous acoustics of such an ancient theatre. Here is where I got into trouble first for throwing my frisbee a quarter down the theater. Hoped that Kirk would throw it to me from the very top but unfortunately he chickened out on me. Back to Tolo for the night and we just spent it eating dinner at the hotel and of course getting more gelato in town.
That day I think it finally began to sink in that I was actually in Greece. At the palace it was just amazing to see such ancient architecture and a decent amount still intact. But then in Epidavros seeing the theater was just eye-opening. So ridiculous to see how civilizations from back then could engineer an environment that was capable to seat so many people and able to project the acting troupe's voices to even the nose-bleed section. So once getting settled in, not even the assigned course writing was gonna hamper me on this trip.
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| Dr Dixon during his dramatic speech at the Lion's Gate |
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| The tomb of Clytemnestra |
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| The Theater of Epidavros |
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