Tuesday

Today was quite a hot day which made it slow going, but we're officially (almost) all caught up to the present year in our plaster cataloging and everything is organized, which has been a lot of work but rather satisfying! We might even get a start on stuff from this year!

As a random side note, these exist.

The afternoon was a bit lazy, but tonight the village is throwing a party for the archaeologists which will be fun.

The party did turn out to be great fun. There was some speechifying in Greek and English...

Lots of people...

And then they gave us gifts of raki and olive oil, two of the biggest exports of Crete.

Though we all show up as volunteers for the project, the dog's presence in Pacheia Ammos is a huge economic boost to a village that would otherwise not draw so many people. Then the kids of the village danced...

Followed by a slightly less polished but very enthusiastic American crew.

And then there was food, contributed by each of the restaurants in the village.

Yum. It was great fun and I ran away before the night could get too late. Loves to all, hope all is well!