Trip 14 - 2005
Itinerary
- Lebenon: Beruit, Sydon, Tyre
- Greece: Athens, Olympia, Ithica
- Italy: Rome, Florance
- Tunisa: Tunis, Kaironan, Sahara
- Switzerland: Mt. Moritz, Zermatt, Zurich
- France: Verdun, Paris
Students
- Katelyn Cavelli
- Adrian Emery
- Robin Dunell
- Caitlin Lacey
- Jack Lagomariso
- Becca Nova
- Ben Pope
- Jana Zmeck
Trip Leader
- Mr. Taylor, age 72
Trip Assissent
- Jen Poing (Vetran Host)
Trip Highlights
- Suspense as we landed in Beirut
- Arete veteran, Jen Ponig, was waiting for us in front of the hotel
- We would be sleeping for a week about 150 meters from the crater where the prime minister and 20 others were blown up earlier in the year
- Archaeological museum in Beirut
- Supreme seminar on Islam
- Dinner in new town
- Morning runs by the sea
- Drive down the beautiful coast to ancient Sidon and Tyre
- A look out across the Mediterranean sea toward Carthage where the Phoenicians sailed some 3000 years before
- Tyre and the street with the banners of the martyrs
- Columns of Rome reaching out toward the beautiful blue sea
- The singing from the Koran over the city
- A swim out and over the ancient city
- A small grove of cedar trees high in the mountains
- The art and verse of “The Prophet”
- Party over the lights of Beirut
- Thank you, Jen Ponig
- 3:30 a.m. flight to Athens
- Ancient Marathon by dawn
- “Move the damn sign, Katelyn”
- First up on the Acropolis in the morning
- A lengthy and fun game of charades in the Arete meadow
- A relay race for fun in the ancient stadium the next morning; Katelyn ran two legs
- Olympia and the climb up to the Arete hill over the ancient track
- The island of Odysseus, the cove of Athena and Telemachus
- The early morning run up and through village and down to the beach
- Sleeping on deck of ship to Bari, then train to Rome
- Ancient forum too hot by day, remembering Bruno by night
- The metro to Sistine Chapel
- Why don’t these ATM cards work?
- What happened to Becca’s?
- Flight to Tunis and North Africa
- Ancient Carthage
- Playful time in the amphitheatre
- What did those young policemen want?
- The Sahara and the forever sunset setting
- Flight delay, different airline, then the race through thick traffic to Florence
- “Mr. Taylor, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Taylor, please, please; Mr. Taylor…….”
- The villa at close to 11:00 p.m.
- David
- Dante and the little chapel
- Crisp air on another beautiful morning for the Nietzsche walk
- Lots of fun in the Matterhorn camp ground
- You won’t make it up, Jack
- The trail below the Matterhorn above Zermatt, then a surprising winner of the hike down the road and back to the camp ground
- Zurich and the cathedral; numinous encounter for some
- The lake with sausages and swans
- Verdun and the immense field of death with white crosses
- Brilliant white clouds up against a blue sky
- Staying in Freud’s hotel of 1885-86
- Sartre’s grave and “No Exit” was early on “No Entrance”
- The museums in Paris
- Where’s Adrian?
- Traditional avocado and peanut butter on rolls in Tuilleries
- A birthday dinner in a popular French neighborhood
- The final meal on the Seine
- The wonderful memories by word and feelings
Strangely, Arete 2005 was the first group to stop near the village of Plataea in Greece, and looks out across the battlefield where the Greek and Persian war ended in 479 B.C. Many brief stops at nearby Thebes had taken place, but not the simple drive over to this view of history (e.g., not too much of the ancient ruins left, no tourist buses, just a quiet, refreshing morning alone with time).
Arete approaches the Parthenon in Athens once again in 2005. There have been many such dramatic moments in our history.
One of the more rewarding conversations on Arete trips took place with this view from a petitie Roman theatre at Byblos, Lebanon. The Arete 2005 youth each told of what they deeply appreciated about language while we looked out over the blue Mediterranean sea.
The youngest Arete travel team met up with evidence of the French in Lebanon at the beginning of the trip, then celebrated its conclusion in Paris.
Arete seeks that which is suspenseful and tells of history. The Syrian border is just over the ridge. We were in Lebanon, at the enormous Roman ruins in Baalbec in 2005.
The Swiss peaks usually reward us at the end of the trips with their beauty. This Arete 2005 lad is likely reflecting on a trip that began in Lebanon, then included Turkey, Greece, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. But there was still Paris ahead. He had a considerable amount to write about in his journal.
Robin of Arete 2005 stasnds alongside mighty Roman ruins at at Baalbeck, Lebanon. Syria is on the other side of the ridge, the town sometimes the target of Israeli jets. Pulsating history!
The playfulness of the teenagers brings enjoyment throughout the trips. Here three of the girls on the 2005 trip enjoy imitating a statue in the Louvre in Paris.
Constantine Arch leading to the Forum along sacred way in Rome. Caitlin, who spent a year in Thailand on a Fulbright after college, was ready for a rest in the shade on a hot day in 2005.
A good number of our trips to Turkey have presented this view of the sun setting over the beaches of Gallipoli. Alexander "the great" crossed the Hellespont on his fateful journey in the 4th century, B.C. and Xerxes of Persia managed a floating bridge to move his immense army across in the 5th century, B.C. Arete has crossed many times on a car ferry. A number of the Arete trips would want to claim this photo which was taken from our outdoor restaurant of the hotel where we have enjoyed our evening meal.
In 2005 we experienced on the edge of the Sahara in Tunisia, with the Algerian border just a few miles up the road, this rare closing of an Arete day.
We stayed at a plush hotel on the edge of the Sahara in Tunisia. A special price was arranged due to our athletic affiliations. With a map spread out across the table, we were involved in one of the many trip seminars.
Caitlin and Becka of Arete 2005 look out across Byblos in Lebanon to the Mediterranean sea.
The building around our hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, revealed the scars of civil war.