Happy birthday Jon! I am sorry I'm not there, but I hope you're having a great time without me. Good luck on your L test!
P.S. "You're not a kid anymore!"
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Quick Update
Hello everyone,
I am sorry I have not been writing on here as much as I had planned. I have been keeping very busy though!
Right now, I am in an internet cafe in Santorini and there are two little boys sitting on either side of me playing video games. The kids seem to come here very often and play. They talk very loudly across me at each other in Greek. It's a pretty cool experience. Yesterday, I went for a huge walk with a girl in my group named Tess. We spent two hours walking to the beach and then swam for an hour or two, and then walked back to the hotel. Then I rode as a passenger on a quad to the edge of town, which was amazing. I swam in the hotel pool until after ten in the evening as well. This morning, we headed out early to go on a tour around the island by bus. We were loaded onto a boat and were brought to a volcano site, where we hiked a great distance. We then went for a very rushed swim in the hot springs, which were actually relatively cold. On another island, a few others from the group and I took a huge hike up a steep hill to a little town which apparently had only one open (very expensive) restaurant. On the next island, I got the chance to ride a donkey up the hill. Finally, we climbed to a castle at the peak of Oia, and watched a famous Santorini sunset. These last two days have been crazy; it's 10:30, and I am planning to head to bed as soon as my internet time is up! Thanks for the comments on my pictures. Love you, take care!
I am sorry I have not been writing on here as much as I had planned. I have been keeping very busy though!
Right now, I am in an internet cafe in Santorini and there are two little boys sitting on either side of me playing video games. The kids seem to come here very often and play. They talk very loudly across me at each other in Greek. It's a pretty cool experience. Yesterday, I went for a huge walk with a girl in my group named Tess. We spent two hours walking to the beach and then swam for an hour or two, and then walked back to the hotel. Then I rode as a passenger on a quad to the edge of town, which was amazing. I swam in the hotel pool until after ten in the evening as well. This morning, we headed out early to go on a tour around the island by bus. We were loaded onto a boat and were brought to a volcano site, where we hiked a great distance. We then went for a very rushed swim in the hot springs, which were actually relatively cold. On another island, a few others from the group and I took a huge hike up a steep hill to a little town which apparently had only one open (very expensive) restaurant. On the next island, I got the chance to ride a donkey up the hill. Finally, we climbed to a castle at the peak of Oia, and watched a famous Santorini sunset. These last two days have been crazy; it's 10:30, and I am planning to head to bed as soon as my internet time is up! Thanks for the comments on my pictures. Love you, take care!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Grad
Hi Gill,
Good luck with your graduation today. Sorry I can't be there. You will have to send me pictures! I hope the weather is great and you are at the Filberg. Anyway, have a wonderful time!
Good luck with your graduation today. Sorry I can't be there. You will have to send me pictures! I hope the weather is great and you are at the Filberg. Anyway, have a wonderful time!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
15 minutes
We are boarding the plane in 15 minutes! I just got checked in and decided to come home and hang out for a while. Mary was fascinated by the luggage going by; we watched it for five or ten minutes. I am going to miss her. Anyway, I'm heading back to the airport now. Take care everyone!
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday Jordan! You better blow out all the candles on your cake with one breath so Artemis, the Greek goddess, will grant you good fortune and make your wishes come true!
Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leta, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was goddess of the wilderness and the moon, and protectress of women and childbirth. To celebrate her birth, cakes were formed in the shape of the moon, and candles placed on temple altars. Worshipers were to blow them out in one breath, and if they did, Artemis would watch over them. However, Artemis was also closely associated with sacrifice and punishment, and missing candles on the birthday cake is a sign of disrespect to her!
Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leta, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was goddess of the wilderness and the moon, and protectress of women and childbirth. To celebrate her birth, cakes were formed in the shape of the moon, and candles placed on temple altars. Worshipers were to blow them out in one breath, and if they did, Artemis would watch over them. However, Artemis was also closely associated with sacrifice and punishment, and missing candles on the birthday cake is a sign of disrespect to her!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Aphrodite of Cnidus
Aphrodite of Cnidus was created by Praxiteles in the Late Classical Period (the mid 4th century BCE). She depicts the goddess Aphrodite preparing for a bath that was to restore her virginity. This was the first nude female sculpture to appear in Ancient Greece. Its unveiling shocked and horrified the Greeks, in a time and place where women were expected to be modest. Copies of this beautiful sculpture have survived and are still around today.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hera, Queen of the Gods
Symbols
-ewe and sow
-cuckoo bird and peacock
-Milky Way
Places
-found refuge from Zeus on Euboea
Family
Father: Cronus
Mother: Rhea
Spouse: Zeus
Siblings: Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia
Mythoid
-her milk could grant immortality
Most interesting?
-patroness of marriage and married women
-punished adultery, rewarded chastity and devotion
-Zeus and Hera's relationship symbolized significance and strength of marriage. They were subject to the same emotional complexity as mortals
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