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.

March / 2008
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

April / 2008
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
 
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

May / 2008
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

June / 2008
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)
       
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