Tuesday and Wednesday

So it is indeed just the five of us, with one more lady to join us next week. I am the tallest one of the whole bunch. Sometimes by many inches. Actually, usually by many inches which is a little odd and somewhat entertaining. The work has been hot so far, and mostly testing/cleaning up. We're working in a Helladic site at the moment. I am still holding out hope for making it into a conservation lab!

The region here is rather interesting. It was described in the second century AD by Pausanius in his massive Description of Greece. He traveled around the whole country and recorded everything he saw in extensive detail. Including the region around Helike. In 373 there was a massive earthquake and the whole delta here sunk, flooding the early sights and a Helladic town in the process. This cafe even commemorates that date.

So that is what we're looking into here. A range of settlements dating back to the Bronze Age and extending into the Roman period.

The village itself is lovely, as is the sunset.

 

In the evenings we head down to the shore for dinner. It's about a twenty minute walk but is quite nice. There are fields of lemons, lines and grapes.

Olives, blackberries, and chickens.

With their guard of course. And flowers everywhere. We dine with the sun setting in the background and the soft sound of the waves rolling in behind our conversations.

There are adorable tiki roofs everywhere. Thus is a small village and not much frequented by tourists so we are really the only non Greeks in sight.

It's hot, but there's not much else to report, other than this fun detail: only in Greece is the internet so complicated. :)

 Love to all, hope home is well!