Hi Everyone,
My hostel is super adorable, and has this nice terrace for breakfast.
Today centered around the archaeological site of Akrotiri, which is something I've been wanting to see since I was 8 years old, when I saw it on Reading Rainbow. This morning I went to the Archaeological Museum of Thira. The museum wasn't very large, so I had free time before I had to meet up for a guided tour of Akrotiri. Harold really wanted to ride the cable car down to the harbour.
It's a great view, but feels rather rickety. We were going to take the cable car back up, but then Harold saw the donkeys, and begged to ride the donkey back up.
Why do I let Harold talk me into things? The donkey ride was terrifying. There is only one narrow, winding path up to the city, which is also shared with the tourists, and the donkeys not in use, so there was a donkey traffic jam. The donkeys occasionally lose their footing on the steps, and don't have a concept of personal space, so my legs kept getting scraped along the other donkeys and riders. Harold was also terrified and opted to hide in my purse for the duration of the ride.
By then it was time to meet up with the tour bus to go to Akrotiri. The ruins at Akrotiri are 4000 years old, and were destroyed by a volcano, similar to Pompeii. Like Pompeii, archaeologists have discovered pottery and frescoes. Unlike Pompeii, very few human remains have been found, which leads archaeologists to believe that the citizens of Akrotiri evacuated before the volcano erupted. I was super excited that our tour took us down into the ruins!
After that I went to the Prehistoric museum of Thira to see the artifacts recovered from Akrotiri. I looked at 4000 year old frescoes, pottery and bronze cooking pans. The cooking pans look just like ones you can buy in the store today, complete with rivets.
After that I wandered around the city taking photos
before having dinner with a sunset view. I'm heading home tomorrow, so this is the last post for this trip. I hope you had fun keeping up with my adventures, and Harold's too.
My hostel is super adorable, and has this nice terrace for breakfast.
Today centered around the archaeological site of Akrotiri, which is something I've been wanting to see since I was 8 years old, when I saw it on Reading Rainbow. This morning I went to the Archaeological Museum of Thira. The museum wasn't very large, so I had free time before I had to meet up for a guided tour of Akrotiri. Harold really wanted to ride the cable car down to the harbour.
It's a great view, but feels rather rickety. We were going to take the cable car back up, but then Harold saw the donkeys, and begged to ride the donkey back up.
Why do I let Harold talk me into things? The donkey ride was terrifying. There is only one narrow, winding path up to the city, which is also shared with the tourists, and the donkeys not in use, so there was a donkey traffic jam. The donkeys occasionally lose their footing on the steps, and don't have a concept of personal space, so my legs kept getting scraped along the other donkeys and riders. Harold was also terrified and opted to hide in my purse for the duration of the ride.
By then it was time to meet up with the tour bus to go to Akrotiri. The ruins at Akrotiri are 4000 years old, and were destroyed by a volcano, similar to Pompeii. Like Pompeii, archaeologists have discovered pottery and frescoes. Unlike Pompeii, very few human remains have been found, which leads archaeologists to believe that the citizens of Akrotiri evacuated before the volcano erupted. I was super excited that our tour took us down into the ruins!
After that I went to the Prehistoric museum of Thira to see the artifacts recovered from Akrotiri. I looked at 4000 year old frescoes, pottery and bronze cooking pans. The cooking pans look just like ones you can buy in the store today, complete with rivets.
before having dinner with a sunset view. I'm heading home tomorrow, so this is the last post for this trip. I hope you had fun keeping up with my adventures, and Harold's too.
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