Summer Session Example Itinerary

This is an example of a Summer Session itinerary. This was the itinerary followed for the 2018 Summer Session.

All Summer Sessions follow a similar outline, but sites, museums, and timing can change. Summer Sessions will visit major sites and museums, as they are highlights of the programs. The final itinerary is at the discretion of the program director (in consultation with ASCSA staff). Accepted participants will receive their program itinerary from their director before the start of the program.

2018 Summer Session Itinerary, Directed by Daniel Levine

ATHENS - 6 1⁄2 days, 6 nights

Monday, June 04, 2018 (Athens) (Day 1)
12:00 Arrival – Check in to Loring Hall 13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
17:00 Tea (Loring Hall)
18:00 Lykavittos walk (+ horos + Dexamini)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

Tuesday, June 05, 2018 (Athens) (Day 2)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:30 ASCSA Orientation I
8:30 – 9:30 Introductions (Daniel Levine) 9:30 – 9:50 ASCSA Welcome (Director of the School)
9:50 – 10:30 Crete Pro-Seminar (Assistant Director)
10:30-10:45 Break. Cornerstone Inscription Squeeze Making.
10:45 – 11:15 Blegen Library (Maria Tourna, Head Librarian)
11:15 - 11:45 Computers (Tarek Elemam, Information Systems & Technology Manager)
12:00 – 12:30 Loring Hall (Niamh Michalopoulou, Loring Hall Manager)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall) Students sign ASCSA Squeeze.
15:00-17:30 Library of Hadrian, Roman Agora, Tower of Winds, Arch of Hadrian, Olympieion (Assistant Director)
17:40 Return via National Gardens for Hadrian aqueduct inscription
19:00 Welcome Garden Party
Night in Athens

Wednesday, June 06, 2018 (Athens) (Day 3)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:41-10:07 Agora I-A: Hephaisteion (Director of the Agora Excavations)
10:07-10:23 Break
10:23-11:03 Explore Stoa; Erin Lawrence on reliefs from Ares temple.
11:03-11:40 Agora I-B: Marble Sculpture Workshop (Andy Stewart)
11:45-12:15 Agora I-C Archives (Agora Staff)
12:15-12:38 Agora I-D Conservation (Maria Tziotziou, Agora Conservator)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
14:30 ASCSA Orientation II
14:38-15:10 Gennadius Library (Irini Solomonidi, Senior Librarian)
15:11-16:00 Archives in the Blegen and Gennadius (Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, Doreen C. Spitzer Director of Archives)
16:02-16:49 Wiener Laboratory (Dimitris Michailidis (Lab Coordinator), Takis Karkanas (Lab Director))
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall) Night in Athens
 
Thursday, June 07, 2018 (Athens) (Day 4)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:40-11:08 Areopagos; Pnyx; Philopappos Monument (Jerry LaLonde)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:00-17:33 Goulandris Museum: Top Floor Exercise (Use of Terra Cotta objects) in teams of two. Explore the rest of the museum.
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall) Night in Athens

DAY TRIP SOUTH ATTICA
Friday, June 08, 2018 (Athens) – Picnic Lunch. (Day 5)
06:30 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:30 Departure for Day Trip to South Attica
08:23-10:50 Brauron – Site/Museum (Georgia Tsouvala)
10:50- 11:30 Brauron to Thorikos
11:00-12:38 Thorikos - Site (Lee Brice)
12:38-12:53 Thorikos to Laurion
12:53-13:15 Laurion Picnic Lunch
13:15-13:49 Laurion Museum (Lee Brice)
13:49-14:06 Laurion to Sounion
14:18 16:23 Sounion Site (Aileen Ajootian)
16:27-17:36 Swimming
17:36-19:25 Sounion-Athens
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall) Night in Athens

Saturday, June 09, 2018 (Athens) (Day 6) 07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:46-11:00 Akropolis I-A: Parthenon (Margie Miles)
11:23-11:52 Akropolis I-B: Herodes Odeon (Student report)
13:00 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:00-15:48 Akropolis I-C: Parthenon Frieze/Pediments (Jenifer Neils)
16:00-16:45 Akropolis I-D: Parthenon Metopes and Caryatids (Kathy Schwab)
17:00-18:00 Akropolis I-E: Nike Temple/Erechtheion Sculpture/Archaic (Alan Shapiro)
No Dinner in Loring Hall

Sunday, June 10, 2018 (Piraeus, Athens/Evening Boat to Crete) (Day 7) No Breakfast in Loring Hall.
08:35-11:40 National Archaeological Museum I: Bronze Age Galleries (Jim Wright). Afternoon Free to prepare for Crete Trip.
18:10 Bus to Ferry (via Piraeus) to Irakleio, Crete
21:00 Ferry Departure for Irakleion
No Meals in Loring Hall Night on the Ferry

 

CRETE - 6 days, 5 nights

Monday, June 11, 2018 (Crete) (Day 8)
06:30 Arrival in Irakleio, Crete.
06:40-16:55 Koules
07:03 August 25 Street
07:13 St. Titus Church
7:28-08:33 Morosini Fountain/bougatsa breakfast at Kirkor
08:33 Meet bus at Museum
08:43-09:16 Bus to Kazantzakis grave
09:25-09:57 Kazantzakis grave to Cave of Eileithuia (Amnisos).
10:00-10:33 Eileithuia Cave
10:55 Rest stop (Gouves) en route to INSTAP
12:22-13:37 INSTAP tour (Eleni Nodarou)
13:45-14:26 Lunch at Oneiro restaurant in Pacheia Ammos
14:26-14:37 Pacheia Ammos to Gournia
14:47-16:06 Gournia (Vance Watrous) 15:06- 17:00 Gournia to Siteia
Night in Siteia

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (Crete) – Picnic Lunch (Day 9)
07:00 Breakfast
09:00-10:03 Siteia Museum
10:03-11:02 Siteia Museum to Entrance of Gorge of the Dead
11:00-13:30 Walk the Gorge and Picnic
13:30-14:30 Kato Zakro Palace (Student report)
14:30-16:00 swim, rest at Kato Zakro
16:05-17:05 to Toplou Monastery
17:05-17:57 Toplou Monastery
17:57-18:20 to Siteia Night in Siteia

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 (Crete) Swim Day (Day 10)
07:00 Breakfast
08:35-09:35 Siteia to Mochlos
09:35-11:30 Mochlos Site (Jeff Soles), Swim and Lunch.
13:01-14:09 to Malia Palace
14:09-16:00 Malia Palace (Student report)
16:00-16:42 to Irakleio Arch. Museum
16:42-17:58 Irakleio Museum I.
Night in Irakleio

Thursday, June 14, 2018 (Crete) Swim Day (Day 11)
07:00 Breakfast
08:33- 09:38 to Gortyna.
09:38-10:45 Gortyna (Student report)
10:45-11:15 to Phaistos
11:15-13:02 Phaistos Palace and snack bar (Student Report)
13:02-13:15 to Kommos
13:30-14:07 Kommos (Student report)
14:07-14:15 to Matala
14:15-16:35 Swim/Eat at Matala.
16:30-18:01 to Irakleio [at 17:38 we sing Spyros the Greek Birthday Song: NB June 14 is our driver Spyros Triantafyllos’ Birthday.]
Night in Irakleio

Friday, June 15, 2018 (Crete) (Day 12)
07:30 Breakfast
09:05-09:23 Irakleion to Villa Ariadne road
9:23-14:15 Villa Adriadne, Little Palace, Stratigraphic Museum, Knossos (Kostis Chrystakis)
14:15-15:58 Lunch at Taverna Pasiphae near Knossos
15:58-16:11 Knossos to Irakleio Museum
16:11-17:30 Irakleio Museum II
Get Picnic supplies for next day
Night in Irakleio

Saturday, June 16, 2018 (Day 13)
Breakfast 07:00
08:31-10:05 Irakleio to Rethymno port parking.
10:05-11:53 Rethymno Museum, Mikrasiatiki Plateia
11:53-12:13 Rethymno to Armenoi
12:13-13:47 Armenoi and picnic lunch
13:47-15:15 Armenoi-Chania
15:15-17:36 Chania Archaeological Museum and walking tour of Kastelli Chania
17:36 -17:52 to Allied Cemetery
17:52-18:24 Allied Cemetery
18:24-18:40 Allied Cemetery to Souda Bay Evening Boat to Piraeus

 

ATHENS - 4 days, 4 nights

Sunday, June 17, 2018 (Athens) (Day 14)
05:40 Arrival in Piraeus
06:15 Arrive at School.
Free morning.
Free Afternoon (speaker sick; re-schedule to Wednesday)
No Meals in Loring Hall
Night in Athens

Monday, June 18, 2018 (Athens) (Day 15)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:37-11:30 Akropolis II: South Slope. Theater/Sanctuary of Dionysos, Odeon of Pericles, Stoa of Eumenes, Choregic Monuments, Asclepius Sanctuary (Julia Shear)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:00-17:20 Byzantine and Christian Museum (Fotini Kondyli)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

DAY TRIP: NW ATTICA
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 (Athens) –Picnic Lunch Provided. Possible Swim. (Day 16)
06:30 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:33 Departure for Day Trip to Northwest Attica
07:57-08:38 Daphni Monastery (Dylan Rogers)
08:38-08:53 to Hadrianic Bridge
09:09-09:14 Bridge to Eleusis
09:14-11:37 Eleusis Site and Archaeological Museum (Student report: Mysteries; Dylan Rogers on Roman Forecourt)
11:37-14:33 Eleutherai – Picnic lunch – (Sylvian Fachard, Alex Knodell)
14:33-17:10 Aigosthena - Swimming – (Sylvian Fachard or Evgenia Tsaikou)
17:10-19:12 Return to School (traffic accident delay en route)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall) Night in Athens

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (Athens) (Day 17)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:28-11:00 Agora II-A: Site Tour and New Excavations (John Camp)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:06-17:06 National Archaeological Museum II: Pottery (John Oakley)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

 

PELOPONNESE - 10 days, 9 nights

Thursday, June 21, 2018 (Peloponnese) – Lunch Provided. (Day 18)
06:30 Early Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:34 Depart ASCSA
08:53-09:33 Isthmus rest stop
9:33-9:44 Isthmus to Diolkos
09:56-10:38 Diolkos (Student report)
10:38-10:55 Diolkos to Lechaion Harbor
11:00-11:50 Lechaion Harbor (Paul Scotton)
11:50-12:05 Lechaion Harbor to Hill House
12:05-14:30 Picnic Lunch at Hill House and free time to visit site.
14:30 Archaeological Museum of Corinth (Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst, Associate Director of the Ancient Corinth Excavations)
15:47-17:35 Ancient Corinth site (Chris Pfaff, Director of Ancient Corinth Excavations, and Paul Scotton)
17:35-18:04 Ancient Corinthto New Corinth
Night in New Corinth
 

Friday, June 22, 2018 (Peloponnese) – Picnic Lunch (Day 19)
07:00 Breakfast
08:16 Depart Hotel
08:30-11:13 Isthmia site and museum (Betsy Gebhart; Lita and Tim Gregory)
11:13-11:35 Isthmia to Nemea tavern “Periptero” by stadium
14:00-15:17 Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games (Steve Miller)
15:17-15:20 to Nemea Museum/restrooms
15:30-17:18 Nemea site and Archaeological Museum (Kim Shelton)
17:20-17:32 Nemea Stadium
17:32-18:34 Nemea-Nauplion (bus traffic delay)
Night in Nauplion

Saturday, June 23, 2018 (Peloponnese) (Day 20)
07:00 Breakfast
08:00-8:45 Nauplion Archaeological Museum
09:15-09:35 to Kazarma Bridge
09:43-10:47 Kazarma Bridge to Lambayanna Beach
10:47-11:08 Walk to Franchthi Cave
11:10-12:26 Franchthi Cave (Catherine Perles) and walk to bus
12:31-12:55 Drive to Koilada
12:55-13:55 Lunch at To Mouragio (Evangelos Lafiotis)
13:55-14:48 Koilada to Epidaurus
14:48-17:50 Epidauros Site and Museum (Reports: Student 1 report: Cult/Cures; Student 2 report: Tholos/Temple; Student 3 report: Theater)
17:50-18:21 Epidaurus to Nauplion Night in Nauplion

Sunday, June 24, 2018 (Peloponnese) – Picnic Lunch (Day 21)
07:00 Breakfast
08:01-08:22 Nauplion-Argive Heraion
08:31-10:20 Argive Heraion (Chris Pfaff)
10:20-10:40 Argive Heraion to Tiryns
10:45-12:27 Tiryns (Daniel Frank)
12:27-12:43 Tiryns to Mycenae
12:43-13:48 Lunch at OMIROS restaurant Mycenae
13:55-17:45 Mycenae site and Museum; Treasury of Atreus (Reports: Student 1 report: Walls/lion gate; Student 2 report: Tholoi/grave circles)) (Kim Shelton)
17:45-18:21 return to Nauplion Night in Nauplion

Monday, June 25, 2018 (Peloponnese) – (Day 22)
07:00 Breakfast
08:35-08:38 Nauplion to Lerna
08:38-09:42 Lerna House of the Tiles
09:42-10:47 Lerna to rest stop Skiritis above Sparta
11:47-11:16 Rest stop
11:16-12:16 Rest stop to Mystras upper terrace
12:22-16:05 Mystras Site (Fotini Kondyli) and student report (Despot Palace/History)
16:05-16:40 Mystras to Museum of the Olive
16:40-17:04 Museum of the Olive
17:04-17:08 Olive Museum to Sparta Acropolis
17:08-18:00 Sparta Acropolis
18:00-18:04 Sparta Acropolis to Hotel Night in Sparta

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 (Peloponnese) – (Day 23)
07:00 Breakfast.
08:16-08:20 Bus from Hotel to Artemis Orthia
08:20-09:09 Artemis Orthia (Student report)
09:09-09:13 Artemis Orthia to Sparta Museum
09:13-10:32 Sparta Museum
10:32-10:41 Sparta Museum to path to Menelaion
10:41-12:45 Menelaion (Student report)
12:46-12:59 Rest stop at café nearest Menelaion
12:59-14:12 Sparta to Arcadian Gate (Messene)
14:12-14:49 Messene Wall and Arcadian Gate
14:49-15:30 Messene Museum
15:30-16:30 Taverna in Mavromati (rain)
16:30-17:50 Mavromati to Pylos
Night in Pylos

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 (Peloponnese) – Swim Day (Day 24)
07:00 Breakfast
08:02-08:35 Drive to Hora Museum
08:35-9:53 Hora Museum. (Jack Davis)
09:53-10:02 Hora Museum to Palace of Nestor
10:02-10:52 Palace of Nestor (Jack Davis)
10:52-11:35 Tholoi (Shari Stocker)
11:35-12:01 Nestor Palace to Niokastro (Pylos)
12:01-13:05 Niokastro (Student report: Battles of Sphacteria, Navarino)
13:05-15:00 Lunch Pylos
15:00-18:00 Boat tour of Bay/Swimming Night in Pylos

Thursday, June 28, 2018 (Peloponnese) – (Day 25)
07:00 Breakfast
08:28-11:24 Pylos to Bassae, via Kyperissia, Nea Figaleia, Perivolia (rest stop 09:29- 09:55)
11:24-13:05 Bassae (Student Report)
13:10-13:20 Stop to photograph goats, terraces, threshing floor
13:30- 15:04 Andritsaina. Lunch
 15:04-16:30 to Olympia
16:35-17:23 Olympia. Museum of the Olympic Games
17:30 Arrive at Hotel
Night in Olympia

Friday, June 29, 2017 (Peloponnese) – (Day 26)
07:00 Breakfast
08:20-12:43 Olympia site (Reports; Student 1 report: Stadium/Games; Student 2 report: Philippeion; Student 3 report: Heraion; Student 4 report: Zeus temple/sculpture)
12:43-14:30 Lunch in Olympia
14:30-16:30 Archaeological Museum of Olympia (continue Student 4 report)
16:30-18:00 Optional Kladeos/Alpheus River Trail Walk 
Night in Olympia

Saturday, June 30, 2018 (Peloponnese) (Day 27)
07:00 Breakfast
08:18-09:20 Olympia to Chlemoutsi
09:20-11:37 Kastro/Chlemoutsi Castle
11:37-12:55 Kastro to Patras Archaeological Museum
12:55-14:26 Patras Archaeological Museum
14:52-15:30 Lunch at rest stop
15:30-17:55 Rest stop to Loring Hall
No dinner in Loring Hall
Night in Athens

 

ATHENS - 4 days, 5 nights

Sunday, July 01, 2018 (Athens) (Day 28)
No Meals in Loring Hall
Free Morning
15:00-16:20 Panathenaic Stadium (Georgia Tsouvala)
21:00 Aeschylus Persians at Herodes Atticus Theater (optional)
Night in Athens

Monday, July 02, 2018 (Athens) (Day 29)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:50-12:05 Akropolis III-A, B: Erectheion, Propylaia; Nike Temple/Bastion (David Scahill)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:07-16:20 National Archaeological Museum III-A: Hellenistic Sculpture (Olga Palagia)
16:20-16:30 Break
16:30-17:50 National Archaeological Museum III-B: Roman Sculpture (Mary Sturgeon)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens
 
Tuesday, July 03, 2018 (Athens) (Day 30)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
09:00-10:41 Epigraphic Museum (Molly Richardson; Sebastian Anderson)
11:05-12:31 Numismatic Museum (Lee Brice)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
15:00 -16:30 Agora III: South Side (John Camp)
16:45-17:40 Agora III-A: Museum (Laura Gawlinski)
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

½ DAY TRIP TO PIRAEUS
Wednesday, July 04, 2018 (Athens) (Day 31)
06:30 Early Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:31 Depart for Half-day trip to Piraeus
08:00-08:30 View Kononian Walls on coast, stop at big cross to see towers
08:30-10:00 Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (Heather Sharpe)
10:00-11:45 Philo Arsenal, Zea Harbor Ship Sheds/Sea Walls, Mounichia Sea Wall
11:51-12:01 Mounichia to Paleo Faliro/Trokadero
12:01-12:53 Olympias Trireme (Student report)
12:53-13:30 Faliro to School
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
Free afternoon to prepare for Northern Trip
No Dinner in Loring Hall
Night in Athens

 

NORTHERN TRIP - 8 days, 7 nights

Thursday, July 05, 2018 (Northern Trip) – Picnic Lunch (Day 32)
06:30 Early Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:37 Depart for Northern Greece
09:00 Toilet Stop outside Thebes
09:13-10:58 Archaeological Museum of Thebes
10:58-11:35 Thebes to Gla
11:35-12:57 Gla Citadel (Student report)
12:57-13:15 Gla to Orchomenos
13:15-15:14 Orchomenos Tholos/Graces Theater (Student report); Church of the Dormition
15:14-15:30 Orchomenos to Chaironeia
15:30-16:29 Chaironeia: Battle, Lion (Student report)
16:29-17:40 Chaironeia-Delphi
Night in Delphi

Friday, July 06, 2018 (Northern Greece) (Day 33)
08:24-09:15 Walk to Marmaria
09:15-10:08 Marmaria (Student report)
10:08-10:29 Walk Marmaria to Delphi Site 
10:29-13:10 Delphi Site (Reports: Student 1 report: stadium/inscription; Student 2 report: temple/oracle; Student 3 report: Athenian Stoa/Treasury)
13:10-15:00 Lunch in Delphi
15:07-16:40 Delphi Museum
20:00 Group Dinner at Bakhos Restaurant.
Night in Delphi

Saturday, July 07, 2018 (Northern Greece) Flashlight Day. Monastery Day (Day 34)
07:00 Breakfast
08:32-09:06 Delphi to Corycian Cave trailhead
09:45-10:36 Corycian Cave
11:10-11:35 Corycian Cave to Arachova
11:35-13:23 Arachova lunch/sightseeing
13:23-13:50 Arachova-Hosios Loukas
13:50-16:00 Hosios Loukas Monastery (Student report)
16:00-16:15 Hosios Loukas-Dhistomo
16:15-16:50 Dhistomo Monument
16:50-17:20 Dhistomo-Delphi
Night in Delphi

Sunday, July 08, 2017 (Northern Greece) (Day 35)
07:00 Breakfast
08:05 Depart Delphi
09:48 -10:08 Coffee Break NEA ROYMELI near Lamia 
12:00 Arrive Kalambaka
12:00-13:12 Lunch in Kalambaka
13:12–16:50 Monasteries Ayia Triada Varlaam, Ayios Stephanos (Student report)
17:02 Arrive hotel in Kalambaka
Night in Kalambaka

Monday, July 09, 2017 (Northern Greece) (Day 36)
07:00 Breakfast
08:05-10:20 Kalambaka- Rest Stop at Aliakmon Dam near Veroia. “Café Gephyras”
10:20-10:47 Rest Stop “Café Gephyras”
10:47-10:58 Aliakmon Dam to Aigai parking. Walk to site.
10:58-11:17 Walk to Aigai Palace.
11:17-12:29 Aigai Palace of Philip II (Student report, and Dimitris Tsiafis)
12:29-12:51 Walk to Vergina
12:45-13:30 Lunch Vergina “Philippeion”
13:33-14:35 Tumulus Museum
14:43-16:22 Vergina to Pella
16:22-17:48 Pella Museum (Student report)
17:48-18:52 Pella to Thessaloniki
Night in Thessaloniki
 
Tuesday, July 10, 2017 (Northern Greece) (Day 37)
07:00 Breakfast
08:20-09:37 Thessaloniki-Olynthos
09:37-12:20 Αncient Olynthos North Hill (Student report), New Excavations (Lisa Nevett)
12:20-13:20 Olynthos to Thessaloniki
13:20-17:35 Lunch and Archaeological/ Byzantine Museums
17:35-17:58 Drive from Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum to Hotel
Night in Thessaloniki.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (Northern to Athens) (Day 38)
08:22-11:23 Walking tour. Bus to White Tower; walk to Galerius Palace, Hippodrome, Arch of Galerius, Rotunda (Student report: Rotunda/Arch of Galerius), Roman Agora, Ayios Demetrios.
11:23-12:18 Thessaloniki to Makryalos
12:18-13:10 Apothiki/Museum at Makryalos (Athena Athanasiadou, John Papadopoulos, Sarah Morris)
13:10-13:24 Makryalos to Methoni Bird Tower and Site (John Papadopoulos)
13:24-14:20 Methoni Agora site and Bird Tower
14:20-14:25 Methoni to Makryali restaurant
14:35-15:26 Lunch Makryali restaurant
15:26-16:05 Akroyiali to Dion
16:05-16:58 Dion Museum (Yiannis Tzifopoulos)
16:58-17:00 Dion Museum to Dion Site
17:00-18:25 Site (Yiannis Tzifopoulos)
18:25-18:38 Dion to Litohoro
Night in Litohoro

Thursday, July 12, 2018 (Northern to Athens) – (Day 39)
08:24-10:12 Litochoro to Volos Museum
10:12-11:27 Volos Museum
11:27-12:58 drive to Lunch stop
12:58-13:47 Lunch (Cafeteria “Makedonia”)
13:47-14:01 Cafeteria to Hot Springs at Thermopylae
14:01-14:11 Hot Springs
14:11-14:16 Hot Springs to Leonidas Monument
14:16-14:50 Thermopylae monument and site (Student report)
14:50-16:06 Thermopylae to Boeotian rest stop
16:06-16:18 Rest Stop
14:18-17:58 Boeotian rest stop to ASCSA
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

 

ATHENS -  5  1⁄2 days, 6 nights

DAY TRIP TO EAST ATTICA
Friday, July 13, 2018 (Athens) (Day 40)
06:30 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
07:33-08:33 Athens-Amphiareion
08:33-10:14 Amphiareion (Student report)
10:14-11:17 Amphiareion to Marathon Soros site
11:17-12:31 Marathon Battle and Soros (Student report: Battle; Glenn Bugh on battle; Maria Liston on bones)
12:31-13:10 Picnic lunch outside Soros site
13:10-13:20 Soros to Marathon Museum
13:20-14:11 Marathon Museum
14:11-14:13 Drive to Horse Tholos
14:13-14:25 Horse Tholos
14:25- 16:00 Marathon to trailhead for Davelis Cave quarry on Mt. Penteli
16:00-16:40 Mt. Penteli, Spilia Marble Quarry and Davelis Cave
16:40-17:25 Mt. Penteli to School
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

Saturday, July 14, 2018 (Athens) (Day 41)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
09:00-12:21 Kerameikos/Kerameikos Museum (Tim Shea)
13:00 Lunch (Loring Hall)
14:57-17:45 National Museum IV: Archaic to Severe Style Sculpture (Andy Stewart)
No Dinner in Loring Hall
Night in Athens

DAY TRIP: AEGINA
Sunday, July 15, 2018 (Athens) – Swim Day. Lunch on Aegina (Day 42)
No Breakfast in Loring Hall.
06:35 Bus departs for Piraeus/Aegina
07:07 Arrive Piraeus
08:00-09:15 Ferry Piraeus to Aegina
09:27-09:50 Drive to Zeus Hellanios sanctuary
09:50-10:00 Walk from bus to Hellanios Zeus site
10:00-10:34 Zeus Hellanios site
10:34-10:46 Return to bus
10:46-11:20 Hellanios sanctuary to Aphaia Temple
11:20-12:37 Aphaia Temple (Student report)
12:37-12:49 Aphaia Temple to Palaiochora
12:49-13:17 Medieval Palaiochora (Glenn Bugh)
12:17-13:30 Palaiochora to Aegina
13:30-14:00 Aegina Museum
14:00 Lunch/Swim
16:45 Meet at Port
17:15-18:43 Ferry to Piraeus
18:46-19:11 Piraeus to School
No Meals in Loring Hall
Night in Athens

Monday, July 16, 2018 (Athens) (Day 43)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
08:48-10:00 Agora IV: Hands-on Pottery Workshop (Kathleen Lynch, Sarah Beal)
10:00-11:10 Agora IV-A: Bones (Maria Liston)
11:15-12:00 Agora IV-B: Ostraka (Jim Sickinger)
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
Free Afternoon.
20:00 Dinner (Loring Hall)
Night in Athens

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 (Athens) (Day 44)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
Free Day
13:30 Lunch (Loring Hall)
19:00 Farewell Garden Party Night in Athens

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 (Athens) (Day 45)
07:00 Breakfast (Loring Hall)
12:00 Departure