Vacation from my Studies

Today is the first day of my fall break and a few of the guys and I are going to Egypt. We are spending ten days traveling to cities along the Nile river. We start our Travels with a 6 hour train ride to Athens form Thessaloniki. From there we take a plane ride to Cairo and a leg to Luxor where we will spend our first two days. From there we will travel to the cities of Aswan and Sharm El Sheikh and then back to Cairo. The city I'm most looking forward to is Sharm El Sheikh because the city itself is located on Red Sea and has beautiful beaches. I hope to go snorkeling while I'm there.

Oct. 22
Thess - Athens Train
Athens - Cairo Plane

October 23
Cairo - Luxor Plane

October 24
Luxor - Aswan Train

October 27
Aswan - Sharm El Sheikh Plane

October 29
Sharm El Sheikh - Cairo Plane

October 31
Cairo - Athens Plane
Athens - Thess Train

Διον

The guys minus Trent

Mt. Olympus

Wandering the city

A puppy followed us

Hot and cold bath house

Aqueduct system in the bath house

Furnace where they heated the water for hot bath

Mike, my roommate

A new church was built over the old (3rd and4th century AD)

Different Plinth designs

Measurement system used in the Forum

They were 'restoring' the mosaics.
I think they are just making their own

One of the baths in Dionysos' compound

The only original mosaics in the ancient city

Looking south on the main road

Trent

Drinking the Mt. Olympus water form the aqueduct

Isis monument
(Egyptian/Roman goddess that represented the ideal mother)

Natural spring under the Isis alter building

Statues of Greek Gods

Zeus ; )

Behind the Roman theater

Larissa is a very rural town

The town is located in the foothills of Mt. Olympus