Field Trip 1: Aegina
This past weekend, we had our first field trip! This one lasted all weekend, and we went to the island of Aegina. This island is pretty close to the Greek mainland, only about an hour long ferry ride. The Aeginetans were fairly present in ancient Greek history, especially in the Persian wars. Now, it's a quaint island with a nice seaside town. The weekend was packed with lots of activities, so this post is probably going to be fairly long. We started our journey on Friday, February 15 in the morning. On the way to Aegina, we stopped at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Piraeus is a port city (the largest one in Greece) in the Attica region of Greece (Athens is also in the Attica region). At the archaeological museum, we saw lots of stuff recovered from the Piraeus region. Most of them were some type of burial monument. My favorite was this really big mausoleum type of thing: After that, we boarded our ferr...