Oberlin in Greece

20 stalwart students. 17 days in Greece. One bus. Tsatziki galore. "Kirk.... I don't see nothing."

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Here are many of us at the Menelaion, one of my favorite sites. I’d like to thank all of the people who helped make this trip possible including Diana Bergdorf and Karen Reynolds at the office of winter term. Special thanks to the department of Classics for helping fund scholarships. And thanks to all of the parents and guardians who trusted us to take your students to Greece. We may post a few more pictures here after the fact, but this tumblr will now go largely silent till the next trip. Bye all!

—Kirk

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National Archaeological Museum, day 18.

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Happy hour, our last evening. It’s been a great trip!

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Ivory furniture accents from Vergina, c. 325 BCE.

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Amy, Charlie, and Elizabeth contemplate some Neolithic ruins. It’s just possible that they have picked up a 7,000-year-old pottery shard.

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Toys and small offerings (Mycenaean); painted stelae; all from Volos museum.

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Austin reacts to the treasure of Macedonian kings; Isaac and Kirk ponder a tomb; sunset in beautiful Volos.

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Bus life

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Amazing displays at the brand new museum in Vergina.

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The monasteries of Meteora

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Calliope presents on Meteora.

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Kalambaka sunrise.

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“No posting on tumblr after 3 ouzo shots”

Folks, looks like we’ve got our first official rule

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Nikita presents on the temple of Apollo; Riley shows off the omphalos, or center of the world; a cloud of African dust descends on Greece.

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Laertes made Calliope a crown of bay leaves at Thermopylae.

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Scenes from the sanctuary at Delphi.

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Views from Mt. Parnassos.