Dear Classical Wisdom Kids,
As you may know already, we are on our Junior Grand Tour...a type of “away-schooling” that is sort of like homeschooling, but without the home. We are journeying around the ancient world to study the Classics, life and anything else that comes our way. The entire trip spans five months, eight countries and 25 cities.
And today marks almost exactly the halfway point.
As such, I thought this would be a good opportunity to do a bit of a recap. In fact, we’ve been requested to share our itinerary so far, so that the kids can keep track of where Frida and Owly have been! So today’s video (above) tries to do just that... but here is a list of the exact places, as Owly likes to focus on different things... like cats and camels! And funny microphones on the face!
Junior Grand Tour City List:
1. Started Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Miami, Florida, USA (for the day)
3. Rome, Italy
4. Tivoli, Italy
5. Florence, Italy
6. Antalya, Turkey (Frida calls it Catlandia, because it's full of cats)
7. Side, Turkey
8. Tel Aviv, Israel
9. Eilat, Israel
10. Petra, Jordan
11. Wadi Rum, Jordan
12. Dead Sea, Israel
13. Jerusalem, Israel
14. Heraklion, Crete, Greece
15. Matala, Crete, Greece
16. Sitia, Crete, Greece
17. Karpathos, Greece
18. Rhodes, Greece
(Tomorrow: Off to….???)
We had unseasonable rain in Italy, perfect temperatures in Turkey, strangely cool weather in Jordan (fortunately since we had to AC in the desert!) and lots of wind in Karpathos.
Now in Rhodes, we’ve been dealing with the extreme heat, like so many of you the world over. In fact, it's a 104 degrees outside! Somehow we still managed to explore the archaeological site of Lindos yesterday (when it was only a 100 degrees)…but I’ll let Frida tell you all about it in the next postcard.
In the meantime, please enjoy the postcard replies below… If you have any questions, or your kiddos want to write to Frida, just reply to this email or write to us here.
We look forward to hearing from you!
All the best,
Anya Leonard
Founder and Director
Classical Wisdom and Classical Wisdom Kids
Postcard Replies
Hello Frida,
Can you send a picture of the shells, and a photo of where you think the statue stood?
- Mr. YouTube (age 9)
Frida: Hiya! Here is a picture of some shells from the beach:
And here is a picture of where I think the Colossus of Rhodes stood. I think it stood here because it used to be the port of a big battleship. I think it could have been in Lindos and not the city Rhodes because the guy who made it was from Lindos. (Chares of Lindos was the sculptor of the Colossus of Rhodes).
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Hi Frida,
What year was the Colossus of Rhodes built? How is Owly? How is the gelato in Greece? What flavor do you like? What is ice cream called in Greece?
- Gold (age 6)
Frida: Ice cream in Greece is Παγωτό (pagoto) and it is really good here! They have really yummy chocolate. My mommy says construction began in 292 BC.
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Hi Frida,
What do you want to eat in Greece with me? If I flew there I would eat with you. -Smash Bros (age 6)
Frida: Definitely some fish! But not octopus because earlier I saw a real octopus in the wild when I was snorkeling and its suction cups. It was hunting the fish.
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Hi Frida,
My name is Wolf. On the statue, did people in the boats look under it? How was snorkeling? Did you keep the flute? And if you didn’t, why not? - Wolf (age 10)
Frida: When I was snorkeling I couldn't grab the flute because it was too deep in the water. And if I did, I would get my snorkel full of water and get salt water up my mouth! We don’t know for sure if boats went under the statue or around it… I like to think under though!
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Hello Frida,
What do you do when the Olympics are there? And do they have a lot of temples? - Shadow (age 8)
Frida: I haven’t seen any Olympics, but the next Olympics are next year! Yes, there are a lot of temples here in Greece. I saw the temple of Athena on the acropolis in Lindos in Rhodes yesterday. Here is a picture of it:
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