Ancient Corinth in the Afternoon

Sunday afternoon, we headed over to the site of Ancient Corinth. Corinth is a pretty big deal, historically. Not only is it the second place Pegasus supposedly touched the earth, but it also has ties to Paul from the bible (like the book CORINTHians), and the myth of Jason and Medea (making Mr. Watson proud). There is a lot to see on the site, including numerous roman structures, the spring with ties to BOTH Pegasus and the Medea myth, an ancient fountain, and a temple supposedly to Apollo (no indisputable proof has been found). Unfortunately there were a surprising amount of tourists there (the site is a big deal for a lot of pilgrimage tours of the Mediterranean), and we did arrive a bit later, so we sort of got the short tour. 

Corinthian capitals IN CORINTH!

Overall view of the site

Spring in which Glauce tried to douse herself after Medea poisoned her

"Temple of Apollo"

One interesting feature of the site was the way they tried to integrate technology. They came up with these stand-like things with touch screens inside which just failed miserably. For one, nobody could tell what they were. We listened as a group of about three Americans decided it was probably a trash can and asked themselves why they were even bothering identifying it in the first place. I can't even really discuss whether the technology was adding to the experience or not because the units didn't work and looked like they hadn't in years. It was an interesting study in what not to do with technology on a site.

A sad sad attempt

After we went to the site museum, which had a lot of impressive artifacts which were displayed somewhat haphazardly in what appeared to be china cabinets...but they did have a sphinx I found to be especially rockin'

Sphinx, Oedipus style

We ate a delicious lunch in Corinth on the rooftop of a small restaurant, and then headed back to the hotel. It was then that I had my very first experience handwashing all of my clothes. As much fun as it was, I think I'll give Anastasia a few euro to use her machine next time...Speaking of Anastasia, she must think we're stupid Americans who can't cook, because she decided to teach us how to make a delicious cheese pie for dinner. Not that any of us were complaining; she is an incredible cook and we love learning from her.