Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine

Sorry I didn't make an update last night; I was rather lazy and didn't feel motivated to make another one of my little summaries. Fortunately I've done enough posts to get away with that sort of thing. Of course, it does make me wonder how many people are really following this. Hopefully it's a fairly decent number...

But for the most part, the last couple days have been more laid back and easygoing. I've done the usual mix of going to my classes, hanging out in the hotel room, walking around the city, reading, and seeing who has been on the rooftop garden. We've also gotten a little more information about final projects though I still need to figure out what to do for them. It'd be nice to get a group together though I'm debating if I could get away with a single paper/presentation. Fortunately there have been a few other things that have managed to stand out.

Yesterday afternoon, a lot of the group went down to a nearby cemetery that dates back to the 4-5th centuries and was greatly extensively used by the ancient Greeks. The site that we went to was only a small portion of the actual graveyard due to a large portion of the city being built over it, but the site was still pretty impressive. The small museum has some interesting things and the cemetery itself was interesting to look through. I definitely felt something when I was going through it though I'm not sure if I'd call a ghostly or divine presence. Just the classic hallow ground feeling, really...

Tonight was made particularly memorable by nearly everyone in the group going to the "Norma" opera that was being performed at one of the Acropolis theaters. Ultimately, I thought it was pretty interesting though about half of us ended up going back to the hotel during the intermission. The performances were great and the feeling of looking over and seeing the Parthenon above you was pretty awesome, but the seats were a little uncomfortable and the lack of libretto only added on to my distraction. I ended up spending a good portion of the time randomly thinking about things and pondering novel/writing ideas. Always makes me wonder if I have ADD or if I'm just too scratter-brained for my own good...

Whatever the case, I am now back at the hotel and contemplating my plans for the night. We will leaving for Athens again tomorrow and will be traveling to Delphi, Olympia, and Naflion. Of course, we will be spending the last few days of the trip back here in the capital. Which means I will have to raid those record stores one last time sometime before we go back to the States...