Naxos

Hello again peeps

Here's what I did in my two days in Naxos:

1. Got lost (with the family) several times
2. Saw and where amazed by some kouroi (great mini project topic Mrs.Melville)
3. Found the great ute of Demeter (see later)
4. Saw the great Temple of Demeter
5. Saw the great Temple of Apollo
6. Drove past the great cave of Zeus
7. Saw the not so great marble quarry
8. Tried a souvlaki pita for the 1st time
9. Saw a shepherd with a mobile phone
10. Saw a sheep crossing, saw a goat devour something I won't mention
11. Saw an old pig in an old ute (not Demeter's)
12. Math
13. Yet more math
14. Saw (and heard) some loud Easter fire works
15. Mathania

KOURI

Kouroi are ancient Greek sculptures made from the marble of Naxos. There are only 200 known in existence, most of which are broken in 3-5 pieces. The reason kouroi are found on mountain tops or in pieces is that kouroi or kouros (singular form) are made from the fragile marble found on the tops of the mountains. archeologists and historians think he kouroi were abandoned for one of the four below reasons:

1. Breakage of the kouroi limbs
2. Undiscovered faults in the marble
3. The cancellation of an order
4. Political problems

Here is a kouros we saw on the mountain side:

Here is some information about this kouros:

Here is the other kouros we saw in the mountains:

After a lot of walking and rock spotting we headed back to our car. How many frogs do they have in Greece? I'm not sure but there going to have a lot soon!

Every black dot is a tadpole. ALL TADPOLES, ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Hey Room 4 when you guys get back to school maybe you could tell Dr. Lewis about that.

 

 

THE GREAT TEMPLES AND CO.

Demeter's Temple

On our way to the temple of Demeter, the road signs not being very clear and they were, not surprisingly in Greek . Wouldn't have made any difference mind you because the maps have no relation whatsoever with the roads. We found ourselves completely lost on an old farm trail. As we rounded the corner expecting to see an old white marble temple, you could say we were somewhat surprised to see a farmer in his ute outside his house. Not cool at all. We named this dramatic discovery " Demeter's Ute"

 

 

Maybe useful, but definitely not as a map

 

 

As we finaly showed up at the temple of Demeter, she seemed to get quite angry at us for being late as you can see from the sky:

The temple of Demeter

 

Who was Demeter

Well...

 

 

 

 

Next... Apollo's Temple

The temple of Apollo

 

 

The temple of appolo is 2000 years old and is yet still standing, although I pity the jetty connecting the land to the monument, it gets totally bashed on one side and gently soothed on the other. I bet it wishes it could switch sides sometimes. Look at the difference:

Ouch

 

I thoroughly recommend Naxos to any traveler. It has the friendly atmosphere of Crete yet the beauty and culture of Santorini. Naxos demonstrates a quirky half style of perfection and is a little slice of family time between 2 of the biggest party islands in the Mediterranean. I recommend it to every weary traveler who doth sail the Mediterranean sea...

 

That's what I did in in Naxos, now I'm heading to Athens and then to Rome and Italy

See you later

Zo- on- go-

P.s I'm reading these books right books now: A wrinkle in time and I'm researching tuck everlasting aka, watching the movie

 

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