Day 91 to 94 A new camera, and the ancient sanctuary's of Olympia and Delphi.
August 4th 2011 After a brief divert to Parta, one of the larger towns in the Peloponnese, to buy a new camera. We stayed at a campsite near the colossal Rio-Antirrus Bridge, The World's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Gulf of Corinth. It was a brief stay as our next port of call was to be Olympia, home to the famous games of antiquity, and inspiration for the modern Olympics (it is he
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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
