Day 12: Acropo... what?

This post was written by Taylor Coleman:

This morning we walked our way up to the Acropolis. As we arrived at the Acropolis we found out that it was closed due to strikes, but it will be back open again tomorrow (the day we leave!). So, the two tour guides (Taylor and Jake) had to give their presentations around the Sacred Rock and inside the Acropolis Museum. The museum was staggering because it holds all of the ancient artifacts of the from the original Acropolis. For example, on display it had the original statues of the Temple of the Erechteion which was the main place of worship for the ancient Greeks.

Later, we visited Socrates's prison, where he died after being forced to drink poison. From that point we took a small hike where we could see all of Athens and the Aegean Sea. And, we took a break to play catch with the frisbee for a little bit. After that, we walked our way down to the Agora which was the political center and marketplace of Ancient Greece. We only had half an hour there before closing so we were rushed to get through the site.

After a break we had our final group meeting where we had three questions to discuss: 1. What have we read in class that explores what it means to be human, 2. What have we heard on our trip that explores what makes us human, and 3. What have we seen on the trip that explores what makes us human. Essentially, it was a review of both the trip and 9th grade Humanities.

This being our last day on the trip and in Athens, we had to pack early for the flight tomorrow. We had about 4 hours of free time to walk around and shop. Some of us went back out after dinner to shop and walk around the city.