The End is Near

My time here in Athens is finally coming to an end. When I turned in my last final on Wednesday morning, my school work was complete for the semester. These past two weeks I had several papers and multiple tests to do, but now I am done. No more modern Greek classes, no more reading Seneca, no more Hellenistic history, and no more archaeology of Athens excursions. I enjoyed my classes for the most part, but I am also thankful to have the last couple days in Athens free of work.

Yesterday I traveled up to the Acropolis for the final time. This time, however, was arguably the coolest experience, yet. This time I got to go INSIDE the Parthenon. Professor Scahill knows the archaeologist working on the building, so she gave us a little tour of it. I was so excited.

I have also been taking the time to go places I haven't been yet. I went to the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum. It was very small and not quite what I was expecting. Not one of my favorites. Today I went to the Benaki Museum which houses a private collection of art work. It had some interesting pieces and some beautiful costumes.

I also went shopping in Plaka and I am trying to eat all my favorite Greek foods again before I leave. I think I will miss the food and sunshine the most.