Matt Burrell, Holly Edde, Amy Glenn, Jenny Eckert, Alissa Moore, Jenny LaPlante, Allison Butterfield, & Aaron Greenwald (Sararose Anderson is not pictured here - see photo below of victory wreath at Nemea)
1993 - Trip Highlights
- the Eiger by dawn from youth hostel window
- the hike to meet Nietzsche
- Jenny with ankle cast accepted being left alone on the mountain and then was grateful for the time for reflection
- a waterfall and beauty below Wengen
- a smooth blue lake and curious boys
- a track meet in Berne and the crowd cheering for "Jenny, Jenny"
- terror response to the numinous by two Arete lasses in cathedral
- Rome
- Jenny (not Poulaki yet), failed to find where Caesar met death
- Amy danced in light rain in forum
- I told you to be out of St. Peters on time
- the great Greek temples at Paestum
- we found the beach below Elea, and a Parmenides bar, but missed the ruins of his former school above where we slept
- heavy rain at night drove us off beach and into van
- one beautiful drive in the morning along the Italian coast all but Aaron sound asleep
- magnificent Greek ruins in Sicily
- crossing the Mediterraean by sea with a ship full of Moslem men
- Tunis, no lights, 106 degree heat, marvelous
- lights out at Hilton, sandwiches by flashlight in hotel lobby ancient Carthage and memories of Dido and Aeneas
- a camel
- holy Kairouan
- an afternoon run with trucks honking their approval of bare female legs
- the mosque of silence, serenity and peace
- Roman ruins way out in barren land of central Tunisia
- panic with the wrong fuel in the van tank in Palermo
- gas station owner sucks it out and refuses payment
- slept on a beach in southern Italy
- discovered showers spaced out down the sandy beach in the morning
- fresh pastries at a village bakery
- the brushing of teeth off the side of the ship before sailing to Greece
- the sea of islands
- Olympia and a new hill for Arete that overlooks the ancient track
- a 60th birthday run and an olive crown from Poulaki
- wonderful birthday dinner that night in Nauplion
- a historic moment as Arete ’93 pilots the new Nemean games
- Dr. Miller and Mr. Taylor trade off benefits as athletes run for first time in a track meet in 2300 years on the Nemean soil
- "GO Pou-la-kee moo" can be heard on Cal, Berkeley film sound
- thousands have participated in the new Nemean games since 1993, with the event being held in 1996, 2000 and 2004
- amazing sunset
- Mr. Taylor enjoys walking around with a parrot after dinner
- the incredible chorus of birds early in the morning as we woke up on a restaurant roof in the village at ancient Mycenae
- ferry to Patmos
- a marvelous hike to a remote beach
- Amy dancing in the mist in clear Aegean water on the northern tip of the island
- a lobster for Holly
- a second sandy beach reached after a wonderful hike to the south of the island
- no road to this one, but a good taverna and some chickens and a donkey, and the clear, blue Aegean sea
- viewing the Parthenon suspended over the city by early sun from the ferry as we approached Piraeus by sea
- Poulaki finds lion cramped in Athens zoo cage and will write government; the cage is empty today
- holly gets lost in the flea market
- a final night in a frequented Taylor family restaurant in Athens with tears and joy