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Today we visited the Acropolis Museum.  No photography was allowed, so I have no pictures to upload today.  Right as you are walking toward the museum is what I think is the coolest part: the floor is glass, and you can see what has been found below you.  It’s like looking into an archeological site.  They have the same thing inside the museum in some parts too.  The museum was full of pottery and statues that have been found in the area of the Acropolis, and the reconstructed parts of the frieze and metopes that used to be decorating the Parthenon before they were removed.  This was the first museum we’ve been to so far that is like the museums I am used to going to.  Artifacts are on display in glass cases with labels, there are guards around to make sure you don’t touch anything, etc.  There are also small models of what the area around the Acropolis used to look like, and this helped me visualize where all these objects would have been used and what people living during those times would have seen.  This was something that I had trouble doing at the other sites and museums.  Other than the models, the other museums we went to and this one really aren’t that different.  Even though the Acropolis Museum is shiny and new, its purpose is still to display the things we have found from the past.  The other museums lack the grandeur of the Acropolis Museum, but still do their job well.

Tomorrow, bright and early (7:30am), I’m catching a ferry to Santorini.  I’m not bringing my computer, so no posts until I get back (Monday).  

Καλό πάσχα! (Happy Easter!)