To the Island and Beyond

We began Friday by packing up then taking the metro to an archaeological museum.  There were sooo many pots and vases and of course way too many statues.  Everything was very interesting nonetheless.  Probably one of the most interesting things I saw at the museum was a series of gears.  What it is is a form of a clock, calendar, and seasons tracker.  By turning a supposed knob, the gears would twist displaying times and placement of planets.  But what the best part about this contraption is that it has was dated well before any gears or things like that where ever made or recorded.  Being the geek I am I immediately related this to a computer because it essentially performs like one.  And if there was currently no proof of aliens there is now!

From the museum we had to go get our luggage and take multiple trains to the port to then catch a ferry (a huge Tinkerbell).  The ride was pretty nice and the views throughout where amazing.  I was surprised how windy and cold it was but I could have guess it would be.  After over an hour of riding, we arrived at the port in Aegina.  It was really cool and there will tons of pictures to see.  As Tony and I got into our apartment and began unpacking we instantly began thinking about all of the cultural and living things that are different from America.  To this moment I am still getting fully adjusted.  The apartment we are in seems to be like the kind of place you would stay a few days or a week, certainly not 3 months, but I will soon be used to the fact.  Probably to craziest thing I can't do here besides have internet in my room :( is to flush toilet paper.  Each house in Aegina and I believe Athens has their own septic tank, therefore, flushing toilet paper will back it up.  This is just a weird thing to have to remember to do and have to deal with, but again, I will get used to it.  After a nice dinner out paid for by Drury, most of us went to bed at a reasonable hours seeing as we had still been traveling up to this point.

Saturday morning we met up and had a little history lesson about Aegina and how important it was in ancient times.  From there we took a bus to the Temple of Athena on one of the hills/mountains in Aegina.  The views from there were again amazing because we were able to see all of Athens.  What was especially awesome was that we could see the Acropolis and the Parthenon from across the sea.  It was so quiet, peaceful, and tranquil there that I it was so easy to relax in the hot sun and cool wind.  In a way I am a little tired of seeing all the temples that seem to all look the same but they are very interesting regardless.  Tomorrow we are headed to the Temple of Apollo on Aegina.

Athens Archaeological Museum

Leaving Athens

View of Athens from Aegina

Entering Aegina

Temple of Athena on Aegina