If the 2008 trip should turn out exactly like the 2005 trip, here's what our calendar would look like. The basic plan of the 2008 trip is likely to look very similar to this, but the particular small islands we travel to for our reading courses in weeks 7-10 will depend on ferry schedules and the group's preferences. We will probably (but not necessarily) limit our choices to the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands)
For handy reference, here is a simple map of Greece and another simple map of Greece.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Hotel reservations begin in Athens | Orientation in Athens | Orientation in Athens |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ferry to Rhodes Weeks 1-3 will focus on learning Modern Greek. |
We will live in old town Rhodes | Archaeological Museum | Day trip to Lindos Wikipedia on Lindos |
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Rhodes | House of the Grand Masters | Tour of the walls | Ferry to Patmos (Modern Greek classes continue as we travel.) | |||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Patmos
Monastery of St. John Cave of the Apocalypse |
Ferry to Samos | Samos, Archaeological Museum, Bathy |
Samos, Pythagoreion Heraion Eupalinos' Tunnel |
Ferry to Athens | Athens National Museum |
Athens Lycabettos, Keramaikos |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Athens Weeks 4-6 will focus on history & archaeology |
Athens Sounion, Amphiareion, Marathon |
Athens Acropolis & Museum |
Athens Agora (Greek and Roman) Olympeion |
Delphi | Delphi | Corinth |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Corinth GREEK EASTER |
Corinth | Nauplio | Nauplio Mycenae Tiryns |
Nauplio Epidauros |
Nauplio Palamedion |
Nauplio |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Nauplio | Olympia | Olympia | Pylos | Pylos | Ferry to Crete | Heraklio, Crete
Heraklio Museum |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Heraklio Weeks 7-8 will focus on reading Homer's Odyssey Knossos |
Thira (Santorini) | Thira Akrotiri (Minoan site) |
Thira | Anaphi | Anaphi | Anaphi |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Anaphi | Anaphi | Folegandros | Folegandros | Folegandros | Folegandros | Paros |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Paros Weeks 9-10 will focus on reading Plato |
Paros | Paros | Nissyros | Nissyros | Nissyros | Nissyros |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Rhodes | Rhodes | Lipsi | Lipsi | Lipsi | Lipsi | Lipsi |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ferry to Athens Classes Over. |
Athens | Fly home (or continue individual travel) |