Siteseeing

Another day at the dig! Today started off just like yesterday except Anastasia made us french toast with honey (yum) for breakfast. She later insisted she made it wrong and that she had to try again tomorrow. No complaints from me. When Tim arrived at the dig this morning, he took us out to see the rest of the site. Because of it's location, Isthmia plays a very interesting role in Greek history. Not only does it fall on the connection between North and South Greece, but also on the connection between the Aegean and the Mediterranean, essentially the Eastern world and the Western world. Besides all of that, it was also another of the sites of the Panhellenic games, the other three sites being Nemea, Delphi, and of course Olympia. One of the main features of the site is the Temple to Poseidon. Along with the temple, there is a huge altar about 100 ft long where people used to sacrifice animals to the gods. 

Temple of Poseidon, from the side

The other main sights are the stadium, the temple to Palaimon, the theater, and the Roman Bath. After Tim's tour part II, Tyler and I were given the task of putting new plastic on the old tables...I promptly jammed both staple guns.

Guess we can't staple things for a while...

Then, I headed out to the field with my trusty sidekick Tyler to map out places the tour app might take you. We had a lot of good discussion about the flow of traffic, main points, and logical paths. The site needs a lot of work on the tourist-friendly end for sure, but I'm very excited to help solve the problem. After lunch, we headed back to the hotel and napped for a bit before dinner. Ever since Anastasia found out about the concept of student loans and debt, she has felt so bad for us that she insists on feeding us all of the time. So we were lucky enough to have a delicious dinner of chicken and potatoes, which we watched and learned how to prepare. At dinner, our cat frenemy who lives around the hotel. He is a handsome devil who comes out for our scraps when we eat, but he also has a temper. He already drew blood from two of us. Vicious beast.

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