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Europe » Greece » Pelopennese » Zacharo July 25th 2014

Ce matin, nous visitons le site d’Olympie. Immense, de nombreuses fouilles archéologiques sont encore en cours. On ne peut que constater l’immense travail que doivent représenter ces fouilles ! Des centaines pierres sont alignées en attendant de trouver leurs anciennes voisines et d’autres sont encore empilées, telles qu’elles ont été découvertes en attendant qu’on puisse les assembler. Sans parler qu’il semble tellement inconcevable que des bâtiments et des statues si magnifiques puissent dater de plus de 2100 ans avec les moyens qu’ils avaient à l’époque. Daniel se mesure à Pascale, Isabelle et Catherine dans le stade Olympique, le vrai ;-) en plein soleil sous 36°C à l’ombre. Le musée présente de magnifiques pièces trouvées sur le site. Nous retrouvons avec bonheur l’air climatisé de la voiture. Pour quitter le Péloponnèse, nous traversons le magnifique pont Rion-Antirion ... read more
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Europe » Greece » Pelopennese » Zacharo May 28th 2013

The overnight and this morning's temperature didn't seem to change much from when we went to bed last night as the breeze is so warm so it was very pleasant having breakfast on our patio in the front of the apartment. Even though it was warm the sky had clouded over although it didn't look like it would rain and we actually wondered whether the 'cloud cover'was a fog off the sea but not at ground level. Anyway it didn't look like it would affect our visit to Olympia,which was the main reason for us coming to Greece and travelling this far south.It has long been an ambition to visit the home of the original Olympic Games and see where it all started in the 8th century BC. We had intended to drive the 20 odd ... read more
The Temple of Zeus
Where the flame for the modern Olympics is lit
The Nymphaion by Herodes Atticus 160AD

Europe » Greece » Pelopennese » Zacharo May 27th 2013

Ah,the sound of sizzling bacon and its wafting smell with the taste to come.That is how we started off today's breakfast.We had spotted bacon at the supermarket we went to yesterday after our walk along the beach so we outlayed a couple of Euro for a feed this morning with our eggs.The only problem was we only had one pan and we didn't want either the eggs to get cold if we cooked them first or the bacon for the same reason.So Gretchen with all her years of experience lightly bpoiled the eggs then took the shells off and sliced through the egg to have on toast with the yummy bacon.Sorry if all this sounds a bit inane but we have been hanging out for some bacon now for nearly two months and this has been ... read more
Bacon for brekkie,yum!
Coastline on the northern side of the Gulf of Corinth
Looking over the gulf otwards Patra




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