The Festival of San Juan at Ferreries Since we missed the horses at the Festival of San Juan in San Climente, we decided as a group to go to Ferreries the following Friday to see the horses there. We took the bus and arrived around 7, just in time to see the parade of the horses go by. After hanging out and seeing the sights for a couple of hours, it was finally time for the horse lifting to begin. It was unlike anything I've ever seen before. The group was ...

Excursions (August 15) and the Festival of San Juan (August 16) Friday was our day of excursions. We left Ciutadilla around 9 in the morning. The first place we went was a HUGE Talaiotic site. Check out my pictures, since among them are the signs that explain the various kinds of buildings. Also see my blog on the Talaiotic culture, which explains what Menorca's first culture was like. From there we went to Son Bou. It's the longest beach on Menorca. Ther...

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The Menorcan Chain Gang Well, I'm definitely getting into the swing of things. The 4:30 wake-up time doesn't seem nearly as imtimidating. Yesterday was especially painful, since I was really sore. The last hour of digging just about killed me. Today was much better, though all of the work does seem like something Cool Hand Luke would be doing. Today I found a Roman tack. It looks like a large thumbtack, but it is something that would have been used to hold...

Day 1 of the Excavation Today was the first day we excavated at the Cap de Cavalleria on the northern coast of Menorca. We got up around 4:30 this morning in order to leave by 5:45. It's about at 45-minute drive to the Ecomuseo, which is where we are based. There are two groups of us who are excavating. The smaller group is excavating a Roman necropolis (of which there are 6 in the area!), and my group is starting out by excavating a Roman military fort, c...