Trip to Bitola!

Hello all!

There will be more posts this week as stuff is finally progressing in our trench! But for now I will show you pictures from our second trip which was to Bitola and the ancient town of Heraclea Lyncestis!

First will be pictures of Heraclea Lyncestis which is a much smaller town then Stobi but it also has a lot to be uncovered like Stobi.

 

This is a small statue of the greek goddess Athena, which was found at Heraclea and now it is in the museum there.

This is a picture of their theater.

This is a picture of the group minus me.

This is a special one for mom, no explanation required.

This is a picture of the main tourist area of Bitola, unbeknownst to us, all shops except the supermarket were closed on Sunday.

This is a statue of Philip II of Macedon, who is the father of Alexander the great and the supposed founder of this city.

Well needless to say when we were turned loose on the city between 1 and 5 there was not really much for us to do except shoo the gypsy children and wander the semi empty street further in while contemplating as a group if we were in a zombie movie or not. We have yet to determine the answer but on the positive side we know the grocery store and restaurants so well we could give tours! Yay iced coffee with iced creme in it!

Well that is all the pictures for now, I will have updated photos of our square soon!

Love you all!

-Lauren