Yay, almost weekend!

Hello all! I hope everyone had a happy 4th! Business has been chugging along as usual here in Crete since Tuesday. The lab has been a bit slow, oddly enough, because it has taken the trenches a while to get to anything that needs conserving, so we have spent a lot of time cleaning plaster, which can be a rather slow and tedious process. Luckily today we got some fun things in, so hopefully Monday will bring something new to do! Other than that my afternoons have mostly been spent lazing about. The boys, and a couple girls, got out and played rugby on the beach one afternoon, which was pretty entertaining.

Rugby!

More rugby!

 The highlight of our week in the lab was probably that we got an almost whole jar in. And this guy crawled out of the drain:

It's like a giant two inch long centipede. He was icky, but I saved him and threw him over where the smokers sit! I also saved a praying mantis from Freddy the Cat earlier this week. It's been a good week for bugs in the Center, I think!

 One of the beach-side restaurants threw a 4th of July Celebration for us Americans. There were fireworks, mostly of the noisy rather than sparkly kind, and besides the rather traditional Greek appetizers we got this:

Corn on the cob (which was super tasty) with sparklers!

A cheeseburger and french fries, Greek style.

And sparklers! No 4th would be complete without them.

So that was our 4th of July. We all went and hung out for a bit and one of the bars in town, but we had to work the next morning, so we couldn't celebrate too long. Today the town and their cultural council threw a welcome party for the archaeologists - those at Gournia, Azoria, and Mochlos, who are all working at INSTAP this summer, welcoming us, since we seem to be one of their biggest influxes of business all year. It was fun, there was food and music and dancing, and lots of people all about. Anyways, I must be off to bed so we can get up in the morning. Lover to all, hope all is well!