Friday May 3rd, 2013. Katakolo (Katacolon), Peloponnese, Greece This port on the northwest coast of the Peloponnese, serves not only as the current harbour for the regional capital of Pyrgos, but as the gateway to Olympia, birthplace of the original Olympic Games in 776 BC. It was a major religious, cultural and sporting centre, a pole of attraction for Hellenism and the bond that linked Greece with the other colonies of the Mediterranean. This was our second Good Friday this year, as this is the day that it is celebrated by the Greek Orthodox Church who follow the Gregorian Calendar. We were to find out to our cost later in the day that they take this holiday very seriously (well at least the public sector workers do!) and not a lot was open (or at best
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