Friday was a rather high thrills day at the site. Personally, I was just geeked that I finally put all of the stops of the tour onto the software we are using, so even though we don't have full content, we at least have all the stops. One step at a time, I guess. However, Jon made the day even more exciting when he pulled out a key to the locked door behind the dig house, and told us to go explore some ancient underground reservoirs.
The doorway to adventure
Naturally, we scurried off, eager to escape scanning for a while in lieu of (semi)epic adventure. Down some creepy stairs, there was a chamber and some more tunnels. Slugs (or "naked snails" as they're called here in Greece) bigger than I've ever seen slugged their slug slime all over the walls, and spindly-legged spiders covered the ceiling.
Looking out from the tunnels
Over and over in my Intro to Archaeology class, they kept telling us "Archaeology is not like Indiana Jones." They must be doing something very very wrong, because this place was straight out of the Last Crusade...there was even a snake (dead, thankfully). In the evening, we went out to dinner with Jon's friend Aristides, whom we are coming to believe is possibly the most interesting man in the world, to this delicious restaurant by the sea. We had probably some of the best food I've ever eaten in my life. Including this feta in phyllo covered in honey in sesame seeds which made me rethink everything I ever thought about life.
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