I just made a bet with myself but it is a hard one and I might loose it!
Do you do that? Making bets with yourself?
People say that it is a disorder of some kind. I just find it amusing. Like a challenging game that I play alone!
The bet this time is to write a post about a visit in an archeological museum, without talking about dates, incomprehensible names and historical facts about long gone eras.
And at the same time I'll have to manage not to bore you to death and make you want to read till the end.
It is hard, isn't it?
But if you are still with me, so far so good! Check out the first bunch of pictures and I'll meet you in a while!
I love pottery. As I love everything handmade that is made with care and attentiveness. And the fellows that made those stuff, sure knew what they were doing. And they had beauty in them. And it shows in every single item in this collection.
I am not impressed because they were made 32-35 centuries ago, I love them because they are beautiful and tasteful and I would love to have a set of those instead my ordinary, machine made, tableware.
Or a few jars like the one below for my olive oil. Wouldn't that be amazing?
As I was taking those pictures, there was a family with a small child close enough to hear what they were saying. The father was explaining to the child that the exhibits belonged to ancient people and they were using them to cook and store their food etc. The boy listened carefully his dad and after some consideration he replied:
Yes dad, but I want to scratch my leg.
The father was obviously used to this kind of answers but I had to try very hard not to start laughing out loud in the middle of the museum :)
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The girl with the blue blouse and the bag on her back is @traisto suffering the consequences of living with a photographer and catching the photography bug herself :)
You have seen her from the second picture of the post, one step ahead form her teacher (that's me) and more enthusiastic as every good student owes to be!
Fortunately there weren't many others visitors so we could enjoy the exhibition and take pictures undisturbed!
And yes, we are just six pictures away from the end of the post and if you are still with me thank you very much and congratulations to myself for winning the bet :)
On the other hand, if you got intrigued from what you saw and you want to learn more, let me tell you that this was the museum in the archeological site of Mycenae, in Greece and I have written this post and that one with many pictures of the location and a few historical facts as well!
The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 6D mark II with an EF 24-105mm f4L lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic .
All the pictures and the words are mine.
Thank you for reading and if you want to know more about me you can check out my introduction post.
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