Itinerary draft

So here's the draft of the itinerary of what we will be doing, when, where, etc. I say draft because our faculty have a tendency to change things last minute, which would normally piss me off, but I love my faculty. :)

Apr 9 - 12 Arrive in Athens

Check-in to Athens Backpackers hostel

Free time to explore the city before the grueling schedule begins

Apr 12 Check-in at Art Gallery hotel

Apr 13 Visit Athens Center

Visit Monastiraki neighborhood

Apr 14 Visit site of Acropolis

Hike Mt. Lycabettus

Apr 15 Visit Acropolis Museum

Check-out Art Gallery hotel

Overnight ferry to island of Crete

Apr 16 Check-in Hotel Olympic

Visit tomb of Kazantzakis

Apr 17 Visit site of Knossos

Visit Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

Apr 18 Visit site of Gortyn

Visit Palace of Phaestos

Visit site of Agia Triada

Visit village of Matala

Apr 19 Visit Malia-- apparently the party epicenter of Crete, woo!

Apr 20 Check-out Hotel Olympic

Visit town of Tilissos

Visit Hania and Hania Museum

Check-in Hotel Kydon

Apr 21 Free day! (Good call on Bob and Andrew's part)

Check-out Kydon Hotel

Overnight ferry back to Athens

Apr 22 Check back in to Art Gallery hotel

Apr 23 Check-out Art Gallery hotel

Visit Corinth

Hike Acrocorinth

Visit site and museum of Mycenae

considered to be the site of Troy ^_^

Check-in Nauplia hotel

Apr 24 Visit Palamidi

Visit Epidaurus theatre

Apr 25 Check-out Nauplia hotel

Arrive in Olympia !!!

Visit Olympic Games Museum

Check-in Hotel Ilis

Apr 26 Visit site of ancient Olympia

Visit ancient Olympia museum

Time to play in Olympia !!!

Apr 27 Check-out Hotel Ilis

Visit Delphi

Check-in Hotel Acropole

Visit lower site of Delphi

Apr 28 Visit Delphi Musuem

Visit upper site of Delphi

Apr 29 Check-out Hotel Acropole

Visit Osios Loukas Monastery

Check BACK IN to Hotel Art Gallery (this better be one swanky joint)

Apr 30 Visit National Museum

May 1-2 FREE DAYS!!!

May 3 Travel from Athens to Florence (sorry Mom, no flight info was given)

"Check-in" to Studio Art Centers International Florence

May 4 Walking orientation of Renaissance Florence

May 5 Visit Church of Santa Maria Novella and San Lorenzo

May 6 Visit Duomo, Baptistry and Duomo Museum

May 7 Visit Monastery of San Marco

Visit Accademia Museum (that's where Michaelangelo's Dad is)

May 8-9 FREE DAYS!

May 10 Visit Etruscan ruins

May 11 Visit Uffizi Art Galleries (!!!)

May 12 Possible visit to Pisa and Lucca

May 13 Check-out SCAI

May 13 - 19 FREE TRAVEL, don't know where I'll be or what I'll do, but I'll let you know when I figure it out

Flight Info

So all you peeps who keep asking me when I leave, here ya go:

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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Delta Air Lines # 232
Seattle/Tacoma Intl to Amsterdam-Schiphol
Departure: April 8, 12:50 PM
Arrival: April 9, 7:45 AM

Delta Air Lines # 9573
Amsterdam-Schiphol to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos
Departure: April 9, 9:30 AM
Arrival: April 9, 1:45 PM

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Notice I've got a glorious hour and 45 minutes to take in all the experiences Amsterdam has to offer. yay.

So fast forward to mid-May in Florence.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Delta Air Lines # 8565
Florence Peretola to Paris Ch. De Gaulle
Departure: May 19, 7:20 AM
Arrival: May 19, 9:20 AM

Delta Air Lines # 8628
Paris Ch. De Gaulle to Seattle/Tacoma Intl
Departure: May 19, 10:30 AM
Arrival: May 19, 11:50 AM

I get back into Seattle almost exactly an hour and a half after I take off. wtf.

So it finally happened

I dreamed about lines at the airport and flight times and hostels. My psyche has finally started gearing up to remind me I'm leaving in a little less than two weeks now for a country I've never been to, with people I've never traveled with. It's been sitting in the back of my mind, while other things have taken the front of it. Reading and cleaning and fish tanks and tax returns and grocery shopping and all those normal everyday things that aren't really going to apply soon. Well maybe the reading part.