Blogs from Olympia, West Greece, Greece, Europe
August 14th 2011
Today we woke up at a reasonable hour and our lovely man made us breakie at 9am with amazing freshly squeezed orange juice! I stayed back at the hotel initially cos I had to skype home and sort clothes to be sent over to London now that i was going to be going back so much sooner! El and Andy went to the Archeological museum of Olympia and spent a few hours walking arund that. it was all about the history of the place - not just the olympics. I then joined them and we walked for about 45 mins in extreme heat to try and find the statue of the guy who originated the first modern olympics but we couldn't find it so gave up and went and found some lunch. We were pretty much ... read more
August 13th 2011
Today we got up and I got in touch with ppl about startig to organise my stuff afer having everything stolen! Then we mished it to the bus stop and met up with Andy - a friend from back home.We didnt really have any idea where we were going but managed to find the bus and boarded it and spent the next 5 hours travelling to Olympia. We arrived at about 7ish pm and as we arrived at the hotel (which was so so cute) the hotel boss was waiting out the front for us and was so so excited that we had arrived co El and I had booked in Dec and paid then online. Apparantley we were his first online booking and he treated us like royalty! Our rooms were very cute and he ... read more
July 19th 2011
Olympia - the home of the ancient Olympic games of wrestling, chariot and horse racing and a pentathlon.... read more
The MSC Musica!! A 7 day cruise to Italy and Greece and Crotia.
Published: July 28th 2011Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia
June 6th 2011
Friday 3rd June 2011 Up and off today to our final Greek sightseeing destination that of the ancient site of Olympia where the original Olympic games were founded. The first stage looked easy on the map, about 80 miles of motorway, and started as expected following signs for the A8 to Patras. However either we missed the turning ? ( I don't think so ) or this mostly imaginary motorway is still under construction for some 70 miles. During this epic we endured endless roadworks with 'interesting' lane changes, thousands of cones and some absolutely spectacular Greek driving but thankfully no traffic jams. They even had the cheek to charge a toll for one section that was restricted to a single lane in each direction and in a poor state of repair ! Which just goes ... read more
April 27th 2011
Dear friends, During our crossing from Mauritius to Savona we also visit the ancient Olympia (Port of call: Katakolon) Enjoy the pictures. Costa Cruises: It's a way of living Stay tuned for more Costa Cruises Photodiaries From the living seas with love Jacqueline and Adriaan B. Monkey and Bear Information about Acient Olympia - Thanks to Wikipedia. Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία Olympía), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad (i.e. every four years), the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC. In 394 AD, (after exactly 1170 years) emperor Theodosius I abolished them as they were then considered reminiscent of paganism. The first olympic games ... read more
April 4th 2011
Lagkadia is a beautiful place but they apparently are not used to seeing women traveling without a male - or something? We had a warm reception at our hotel but received a lot of weird looks from the locals in general - most especially the older men. In fact, we were actually turned away from a coffee place!!! That grouchy old man either did not speak English and didn't want to deal with us or he simply did not approve of women in his place. Well regardless of that, the place is beautiful and quaint and has great Baklava. As we were driving down the mountain, we came across a herd of sheep. Not kidding. The roads were narrow and twisty turny but the views were stunning. We often felt we were not possibly on the ... read more
Olympia - site of the ancient games
Published: September 6th 2009Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia
August 29th 2009
Location: Katakolon and Olympia Weather: Sunny, 34 °C I have a true appreciation of how students feel about listening and work when it is hot! Today I travelled to Olympia - site of the original Olympic games but while the guide was explaining things all I was trying to do was find some shade. It was a bit like the episode of the Simpsons told from the dog’s perspective, every time the humans spoke the dog heard random sounds - I was listening but not listening. The Museum at Olympia was good, the air conditioning made it so. Some of the artefacts collected from the Olympia site were very beautiful. The funniest statute was from the Roman period - often Roman statues have separate heads - this is because the Emperor could change so frequently that ... read more
May 12th 2009
This stop was amazing!!!! Hey all sorry for the lack of entries we are in rome and have been here for a little over three days, internet cafes fill up pretty quick so it has been pretty hard to get on one so hopefully we will get a couple knocked out. Katakolon is the port city to Olympia home of the first olympics. Jess and I had been looking a ruins for long enough so we walked around the little port which took about 15 minutes. Just about everything that could be converted to a tourist junk shop did, so we found some internet but pics did not download. anywaz the opposite direction from the city was a nice oceanside road with cliffs below it so Jess and I started a trek. the amount of wild ... read more
