Blogs from Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe - page 7

Day 28 I got up later today; 7am. I was super tired, and since it was the beginning of my time-of-the-month, then I figured I deserved a sleep-in day. But that kind of bit me in the ass because I was pretty rushed to get ready. Thankfully I packed my lunch the night before and just had to throw it all in now with my frozen water bottle. I got down to the docks on time, and we headed to the site just after 7:30am. Today a trench buddy and I started to work with Isabelle and her trench member on the burial we found the week before. We joined as one group and started to excavate around the pithos container. As we got closer and closer to the pithos our prof would come by to ... read more

Day 26 (Saturday, October 02, 2010) I slept in this morning till about 9:30am this morning, and it was long awaited! I had the 2nd half of my yogurt with strawberry jam in it (the yogurt I buy comes plain so I flavor it myself), some cheese and crackers and an apple for breakfast. I brought out my laptop onto my patio, because the internet was acting out in my room. At around 11am I went to see what Isabelle was up to, because Lisa invited us out for coffee and breakfast at Vasilis’ daughter’s café along the docks, but I had eaten already and Isabelle had just brought down her hash she fried up in her room. So instead, the 2 of us hung out on my patio, her booking her flight to Paris for ... read more

Day 25: Ithaki (Ithaka in English) Again I woke up at 6:30am to skype. I talked to my dad and sister at home, then I skyped with my boyfriend till it was time to leave. We all met at the docks on time, for once, and headed to Sami to catch the ferry. It only took about 20 mins to get to the terminal and another 20-30 minute ferry ride from Sami on Kefalonia to Ithaki. On the ferry Isabelle and I shared a raisin strudel with custard inside. It was fresh and warm, the perks of taking the very first 8:30am ferry; fresh pastries!! Our prof went and showed me his favourite, the raisin strudel, so I knew I had to try it at least once! It was delicious and I’d definitely consider getting it ... read more

Day 22 Today was our first dig day in a while, so I got up at 6:30am to talk to my boyfriend since our conversation go cut out yesterday. We talked for a good half hour then I had to start getting ready for the day. I had breakfast and changed with him on the line, and I headed out around 7:25am. I knocked on my neighbor Zack’s door, he’s been having a hard time with the rude rowdy girls in our program so he missed out on all the class time yesterday, so I volunteered to see how he was doing today. When I knocked he answered a little angrily, maybe thinking it was someone there to bother him, but I just said that I wanted to see if he wanted to walk down to ... read more

Ionian Saturday to Tuesday Sept 25 to 28 Saturday and Sunday: What a rainstorm! We now know what sheet rain can be like. The heavens opened at times incredibly heavy at times less so. About 30 hours of unusual rain. Anyway Kioni is a beautiful spot with wonderful local tavernas, nice buildings and surrounded by higher hills. Friday night early Saturday morning there was lots of wind with the rain and an anchor that wasn’t completely holding. The springer lines and the wind direction held us securely though with enough depth under the boat. On Saturday it was time to teach James and Elizabeth crib, enjoy our books and generally relax and wait for the wind to drop enough so we could reset the anchor for the next night. The time came at about 3:00pm this ... read more