Sabratha

I can't believe this was 4 weeks ago already but there you have it.

So, on Friday 17th October, Mark & Judith organised a trip to Sabratha for a bunch of us. In the end, Alan and Heather joined too with their car so it was a highly organised mini-expedition :-) It was great having Heather there as she could provide some context (Classics phD).

Also present were Azrina, the cross-postee from Malaysia, and Salim (5 of us in M&J's Xtrail) and a couple of geophysicists (Steve and Dinger) in A&H's Xtrail.

Here are the pics, it was a fantastic day out and I must say I got very excited after recognising various parts of the town, and houses etc. So nice to look at Roman history again and so impressive to see what they had managed to achieve more than 2000 years ago. From the photos, you will see that it was a pretty big town, and quite well preserved/restored in parts too (theatre).

Unfortunately I was having exposure problems and my camera needs a good clean-out too so between the two the photos aren't the best but hope they give a decent impression of the place anyway...

For more on Sabratha, you'll just have to come out and visit...

The coliseum


Azrina about to go and meet the lions...

Panem et circenses

Heather in action, with Steve and Salim

The theatre

An old friend...(Paris)

My latin may be abysmal but I am still able to crack a joke:

Come on, it's funny!!

Dinger and Alan trying out the facilities

Hehehe

The trip was rounded off by a highly enjoyable barbecue at Alan & Heather's, sitting back relaxing gazing at the setting sun...life could be a lot worse.

By the way, Alan & Heather are friends with Nick S whom I know from Rijswijk (see old posts) and Mark & Judith I know through Abi2 from Rij as well so it's rather nice completing that circle and getting to know them all a little :-)