"Egeria" is the name commonly assigned to the female author of the first existing travel diary, the late-antique "Itinerarium Egeriae." The incomplete ms. recounts her visits to sacred sites in the Near East, especially Jerusalem. Beyond the likelihood that she was a nun addressing members of her convent, we know nothing of the writer. I have borrowed her name to post short personal accounts of my travels abroad and my experiences at professional conferences.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Introduction: Aegean Odyssey Cruise 2012
To start the blog going, I will post a series of consecutive journal entries written on a recent cruise from Athens to Istanbul and back on the ship Aegean Odyssey. This trip was sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), which hosts a number of antiquity-themed excursions every year. Although I had been to mainland Greece before, I had never visited any of the islands nor been to Turkey, and cruising was also a new experience. My husband Ron, who did a lot of sailing when he was younger, loves the sea and had always wanted to go to Greece. This was a dream trip for both of us--let's see how it worked out.
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