Chris
I came to Greece not really expecting anything. People I
know who have been here before would try to talk to me
about it, but I would cut them off before they could start
telling me what to expect. I wanted to find out for myself
what Greece could hold for me.
In Greece I found a welcome break from Dartmouth life and
campus. I had been there entirely too long and it was time
for a change.
The country of Greece still astounds me. The countryside
itself is fantastically beautiful. The sites we went to,
from the Bronze Age sites in Crete, the Peloponnese, and
Akrotiri to the Classical and Hellenistic cities,
sanctuaries, and temples, all are etched in my mind today
as if I had just been there an hour ago. But what I find
most striking is the mixture of the past and the present in
the country. 10 million people here have mobile phones;
Audis, BMW's, etc. are prevalent in every city and town;
and in Athens, the Acropolis is visible through the smog
and the eight-story buildings that fill the Attic plain.
This trip exposed me to more than just the archaeological
sites and the museums, and that, I think, is the thing that
I will carry with me longer than anything else from the
three months spent here.
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