This monument is Augustus' Victory Monument which was built to commemorate the victory over Antony and Cleopatra in the Actium battle of 31 BCE. The first picture shows a drawing of a reconstruction, and then after that you can see what's left. This was a huge monument, but not much remains.
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| this picture refused to rotate for me, so sorry it's sideways |
The Actium Stadium was a place for athletics, mostly running races. It held 10,000 spectators. We didn't spend long here, just enough time for our leader to conduct a race. Bob participated; I did not.
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| the race |
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| this spiky plant got me in the back of the leg and I had a little itchy patch for a couple days |
Bob got back last night from trip 2. We are now both working on our reports for trip 3, which we leave for on Tuesday.
I've recently been noticing a lot of dogs in businesses here. Not the stray dogs we see all the time, but dogs with their owners. I even saw a sign saying a business was dog friendly, which I thought was pretty neat. Tonight while making a visit to a grocery store, I witnessed a lady with her dog stop at the entrance doors and a cashier went over to her, asked her what she wanted, got it, rung it up, and gave it to her while she stood outside with her dog. I thought that was pretty neat too.
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