Meg Winebrenner - Blog Post #2

            The second half of my Greece trip was even better than the first. Although I enjoyed the historical sites more while on land I thought it was really cool to see the modern day famous tourist sites at Santorini and Mykonos while touring the Aegean Sea, and I had an insane amount of fun on the ship. Although not much is known for sure I find the history of Santorini fascinating, and I really want to know more about what that island was like before the volcano erupted. Besides it’s unknown history I was also in awe of the architecture on Santorini because I couldn’t understand how they built those homes on the side of such harsh cliffs.
            However, right before we started touring we went to Delphi, the home of the oracle and the Temple of Apollo. I really enjoyed learning more about sacrifice at the ruins and about the oracle itself. I find the art of prophesizing during ancient times really confusing, and I really wish I could go back in time and witness one of them because the fact that the oracle would respond in such a strange and unconnected way, and then someone would interoperate that phrase, so that it answers the question that was asked in a way.
            Also when we were in Delphi we visited a monastery where we saw the body of Blessed Luke, and while that completely took me by surprise, I thought it was so cool to see the body of such a famous figure being displayed such a public way, and it really stressed his importance during his time on this earth and for the people of Greece.

            Lastly, while touring the sea I thought it was really cool to see another acropolis on the island of Rhodes, and I thought it was cool to compare this acropolis with the one in Athens.   

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