Archive for March, 2007
Epidaurus to Olympia
Saturday, March 31st, 2007We had a wonderful stay at the hotel on the southern coast of the eastern part of the Peloponnese. The hotel was right on the beach. We slept with the door to our room open. It was very peaceful. This morning we drove east to Epidaurus where one of the three centers for seeking help [...]
Ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Tolo
Friday, March 30th, 2007Today was the best trip yet. We drove from Athens to Corinth. We drove mostly north to Northwest to go up to Thessaloniki, but Corinth is west of Athens. It’s always been an important location since it lies on a narrow strip of land between the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. It is a [...]
Thessaloniki & Thermopylae
Friday, March 30th, 2007Yesterday we visited the museum in Thessaloniki which mainly focuses on archaelogical finds of Macedonia (now I’m wondering what the difference is between “Macedon” and “Macedonia”–I’ll have to find out.) It was a day of mostly driving as we made our way back to Athens although stopping at the site of Thermopylae. This was the [...]
Greece-Meteorea, King Phillip of Macedon, Berea
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007I’m not sure I’ve spelled that right. On Tuesday, March 28, after visiting the museum which contains artifacts from Delphi. We continued northeast to Meteorea. It is the location of seven monastaries dating from the 14-16th centuries where items precious to the Catholic church were protected from the Ottoman Turks. We visited the [...]
We’ve Arrived!
Monday, March 26th, 2007Even though others might like to know that we have arrived save and sound in Greece, this is mainly for my family who otherwise doesn’t know. Our flight out of Springfield was delayed and we were warned it might be long enough that we would miss our flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany. However, [...]
Why I Don’t Have Time to Write Blog Posts
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Honestly these are easy ones….compared to what I’d like to write about. The reason I really don’t have time to do much blogging is that my oldest two boys (and daughter-in-law) were home for at least part of spring break last week. Since one is at Penn State and the other is at Purdue and [...]
The King’s Province & The Narragansett Controversy
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Well, I love Rhode Island history. It’s so fun to read stuff when you know your ancestors were right in the thick of things. My two most recent reads are King’s Province: Samuel Tefft’s Narrative of the Narragansett Country and The Tefft Family& the Narragansett Controversy: A Window to the Creation of Rhode [...]
Instruction Manuals
Monday, March 19th, 2007Several things have come to mind to blog about in the last few days, but I really just don’t have the time to put into them at the moment. However, that won’t stop me from blogging about more mindless things–or at least things that are so obvious that no commentary from me is necessary.
My dad [...]
Middle Ages tech support
Saturday, March 10th, 2007I was browsing around pages nominated for a thinking blogger award and ran across this very funny video clip.
And I thought I ought to post something since it’s been so long. My two oldest boys and daughter-in-law will be home for spring break this next week!