#trip v

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14/3/20

Pictured: view of an outcrop seen through the crumbling walls of an Ottoman house at Voila

Fuck. Everything is changing so rapidly. Yesterday I was upset because Ian probably wasn’t going to be able to visit me as planned in April. Today it’s looking like I’ll probably be going home in the next week or so.

We got word today that the school is terminating the program once we get back from Crete on Monday, closing the library for an indefinite amount of time, and recommending that we return to the states. For now my library in Cincy is still open, and with the help of some department friends + Ian, I could get several dozen books from my desk to the apartment, which would mean I’d be able to get more work done there than I could here.

I just really don’t know what to do. All of these plans that I’ve spent years concocting are unraveling in front of me overnight. The situation in the states honestly seems more chaotic, but if I’m going to have to spend the next month plus in relative isolation I’d rather do it with Ian and Macy than here, and in a place I could be more productive. I’m hoping I’ll feel more calm and levelheaded when I’m back in Athens, and I can start actively planning my exit strategy from there.

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15/3/20

Pictured: last pano from the last hike//me and ev in the bed of a truck on the way to Azoria//Prinias, our last site//and one final artsy landscape

And we out. We’re on the ferry back to Athens, drinking raki, and reminiscing on the year.

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13/3/20

Pictured: Petsofas, a Minoan peak sanctuary, as seen from Palaikastro//view to the northwest from Petsofas

The situation has been changing so rapidly here, but with the closure of all sites and museums and then the closure of restaurants and cafes (both announced at different points today), our trip is being cut short and we’re returning to Athens on Sunday night. Such a bummer, although I am socially so strung out after spending 6 of the last 9 weeks on the road with the same 18 people that part of me is relieved. None of us hate each other or are too fed up with each other, which is better than most years apparently, but I’m definitely past my limit of comfortable amounts of exposure to a select group of humans. Of course the irony is that I’ll probs be craving social interaction once we’re back in Athens and forced into isolation.

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11/3/20

Pictured: Psychro Cave in all of its stalactite/mite-ey glory

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12/3/20

Pictured: the island of Mochlos as viewed from the shore

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10/3/20

Pictured: Minoan house model from Archanes ca. 1700 BCE//Ring of Minos—on the right a female figure gestures up towards a tree enclosed within a tiered structure, in the middle a female figure stands on a boat approaching a rocky outcrop with another enclosed tree, a male figure is processing up the outcrop, while on the right a female figure sits on another tiered structure capped with the horns of consecration—ca. 1450-1400 BCE

Just two of my favorite objects from the Heraklion museum, which is hard, bc it’s my favorite museum in Greece and there is so! much! good! shit!

Got of the ferry at 6:30 am and proceeded straight to sites and had a full 10+ hour day. Phew. The ride was pretty turbulent so I didn’t get much sleep, so I’m hoping tonight is a bit better.

[yotorres]

This type of stuff always draws me back into EDM, but don’t let that discourage you from listening. It is definitely worth your time if you’ve been fucking with me for this long

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