M10

This is my last day in ancient Greece.  I am sad that I have to go.  I have seen many things.  In this mission I will show you some of the things I saw, starting with the wonderful grapes.

These are some of the best grapes ever.  My friend, Jose, who works on a farm outside of Athens gave me a tour, and I got some grapes.  They were sweet; like the ones in my fridge at home.

When I went to the market, I was absolutely amazed at how many people were selling pottery like this.  They used pottery for everything from food storage to decoration.

      When I went to get lunch, I saw some of the olives and I just had to get my hands on them.  They weren't like the olives at home.  They have a much richer taste.  They were picked from a farm behind the building we stood in.

I heard that the Greek ocean was very blue, so I went to see for myself.  It was awesome!  The water was so inviting that I jumped right in.  I could see the bottom without my goggles.

From way up high, the landscape was beautiful, but the architecture was hard to enjoy.  It was also hard to see the lush gardens and the local art.  From where I was, the ground looked speckled with ants (who were actually people).

                                            

When I visited the Theater of Epidauras I was impressed by the superior quality of the acoustics.  They made it so that someone could drop a coin on the ground and someone in the back row could hear it.

This is what the coins I used looked like.  It took me ages to find 10 dollars on the ground so that I could buy a gyro sandwich.  Hardly breathing, I gulped the sandwich down.  It rocked!

I saw some Greek writing that looked familiar.  Some of the letters looked like ours, but I still could not read it.  I am not even sure that that the letters I thought I knew made the same sounds.

In ancient Greece, I saw many different kinds of robes.  Some looked kind of cool.  These ones from Sparta were plain and not fancy like the ones from Athens.

I saw this art in a palace.  It was of Alexander the Great.  He worked tirelessly, hoping to take over the whole ancient world.  He was also known for spreading Greek culture.

This is a bronze statue of the Greek god Zeus.  He was the leader of the gods.  The Greeks made their statues mostly out of bronze and marble. 

This is the original Olympic stadium.  The Olympic games started in 776 B.C.E., and were held in Olympia every year to honor the Greek god Zeus.

I used this map of ancient Greece to help me navigate around the country.  It does not show the steep mountains or markets, but it gave me the main idea of where things were.