The second day of staying in Naxos we took a bus tour to a temple that was made for the god Demeter. The site was beautiful. Here lied these ancient ruins of a temple in between these green mountains and surrounded by wildflowers. At first, we were all engrossed in taking photos and being silly but then our professor asked for us to humor him and put our cameras down and to reflect on where we were really standing. It's insane to really try and put it into perspective! The temple that we were standing in the middle of once was a scared place where people would come to worship the God of Harvest. Naturally, there would be people praying, making sacrifices, and burning natural herbs for the Gods. It's so crazy to think how real it once was.
After visiting the temple we visited some old quarries where there were unfinished sculptures of marble. We then explored a small village in the mountains for a bit. The village was so quaint and cute. We ran into an old woman and my friend wanted to take a picture of her... she waived for us to get in it with her and she had the biggest smile on her face. The people here LOVE having their photos taken! We also saw a man hauling some grains on his donkey through the village. It was so precious because a baby donkey tagged behind.
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