Our dig team is divided in to 3 teams of 3 "students" each and each team is responsible for breakfast and lunch food set up, clear away and "household" cleaning twice a week with responsibility to cook dinner once a week. Our night was Sunday. An Arkansan, a Cypriot and a Manchesturian walk in to…
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The Team
So I should give you some idea about the people I’m living with. I’m giving them code names to protect the not-so-innocent. Currently we have: Issac – dig director from Edinborough Adam – Greek dig director currently living in Glasgow Mary – university student from London attending Manchester University Jenn – university student from London…
Archaeologists are dirty
When she said "digging in the dirt", she wasn’t kidding. She hasn’t taken me to the site at all yet so all I’ve done is sit around the girls room at the dig house. Not as entertaining as one might think – I must be more prudish than Wally because I find myself hiding in…
The dig house
We are staying at a Cypriot primary school (elementary). There are 6 girls in a classroom, on mattresses on the tiled floor, with all the child-sized desks pushed against the walls. The boys are in the classroom next door. There’s an open courtyard and a covered walkway for our "al fresco" dining with a kitchen…
Kissonerga at 3am…
Everyone has been complaining about how hot it is, and I’ve passively agreed, but really, it’s not that bad (mid 90s with high humidity). Until you try to sleep in a mostly shuttered room that has been baking all day. Plus my internal clock is rather annoyed with me, because the environment says its 3am,…
A well deserved libation
Guess what’s close-walk distance from the school? And they were super nice and gave us cheese and a peach as well. Though now AJ sounds REALLY ridiculous because that was a ginormous beer – see the wee jackalope for scale.
Dig house diggs
After hauling 30lbs of gear 3km, AJ is settled in at the school. Here is home sweet home for the next 2 weeks (for the last week we will move to Lemba Archaeological Centre). AJ was the first one here so she claimed the least scary-looking mattress. We won’t be the only Americans! Though she’s…
First night in Cyprus
After all the delays and security craziness, I’m finally here! I’m staying at the Agapinor Hotel before headibg to Kissonerga and while not the Ritz, its got a/c, showers and a bed. Which is what I desperately needed. And this lovely view from my balcony last night around 1am local time:
AJ in Cyprus
Roger, Rogers, the AJ has landed! Since she’s chained to the Wi-Fi for communication purposes, I thought I’d give an update. AJ has landed safely in Paphos, Cyprus and should be, at this moment, enjoying a bed after 36 hours awake and traveling. Numerous delays, many security checkpoints and at least one crazy cabbie after…
Betrayal.
I was all packed. Ready for 3 weeks at beaches and tavernas in Cyprus. And then the bombshell… She’s not taking me with. Some lame story about “being afraid of losing me” or me “getting dirty” or “possibly causing trouble at security checkpoints” (THAT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE!!!). And then it got worse. She introduced me…