Hello again!

So evenings are always fun, there is food and lounging. Yummy, yummy food... mmm.

Mezedes from Arrieta's restaurant. She makes the most delicious food.

Pachia Ammos evening, yay ^^

So Sunday! On Sunday Brett and I hiked over to Gournia to poke around the site while we weren't working, and walked down to the harbor to see if we could spot the ship sheds there. Unfortunately the ship sheds are too far underwater to be visible without goggles, but the beach there was pretty all the same!

Hiking to Gournia

View from one of the hilltops

Olive groves

The view of the site from the top of the hill is pretty awesome, because you can see it all at once and better than when you're actually wandering around in it.

Gournia from above

Walking down the hill to the site

Brett on a Gournia street

A gournia. These are located outside of a lot of houses in the town, which is where it got its name from. They are generally called stone water troughs, but they aren't really big enough to hold a substantial amount of water. 

Cute little staircase. It's juuuust wide enough for a person.

Kernos stone. These things come in all shapes and sizes, but they are often round. They are thought to have been used for offerings or something of that sort, since they tend to be found in association with things like tombs and areas that are thought to have been important.

Hugging the baetyl stone! These stones are set upright in various areas (this one is  right in the main entrance into the  palace at Gournia) and are thought to have been religious objects.

After wandering around the palace and the town, we headed down to the harbor and though we didn't see our ship sheds, we did find this building. I'm not sure what it was, but it looked cool!

The harbor building.

The beach near Gournia.

On the beach!

The view from the top of the hill.

And that was our Sunday. We came back home and napped 'til dinner, after so much time in the sun. Monday and today were pretty normal, as far as work days go. We went into work, and hung out in the afternoon. Yesterday was Canada day, too, and as there are a whole buncha Canadians on the dig, they had their big party. It was cute, because they all had Canadian shirts to wear.