http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Greece , West Greece en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:50:45 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:50:45 BST So the storm following us has had to give up its water to cross the Adriatic. Did this mean it would give up No. Of course not.So the second day after we arrived in Athens the wind blows up sunshades wrench at their moorings and up on the Acropolis unimpeded by the buildings below the wind howls through the ruins of temples and ancient monuments driving stinging dust and a steady strea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Olympia/blog-291488.html ...from the temple of Zeus or at least it's earthquaked remains.I have a bunch of photos to upload again I'm only going to upload highlights this time as we've taken so many... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Olympia/blog-291460.html Thoughts so farSome random thoughts on the trip so far.The high good points.The Alps climbing out of the rain into glorious sunshine and the run to Mt Blanc. The Valle De Aosta and stopping in Pont St Michael. Eating in Bourg En Bresse regional French food of great quality.The hotel had antique bikes They let me sit on a prewar Guzzi. The low bad pointsThe rain in France learning th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-287247.html Day 5Sailed into the small town of Katakolon on the coast of western Greece.This is the closest port to the famous ruins of Olympia. Bus to the site and we werenrsquot disappointed.The Olympic torch is lit some month before the start of each Olympic Games at a very insignificant spot in the complex.On our return to the ship we stopped at a tavern and were given light snack food including local http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Olympia/blog-272536.html Two wonders of the world TallDarkHandsome MenI'm sorry I have neglected my blog for a few stops but this past week has been a whirlwind of ports and shows...so here is my best update. Since I last wrote I have visited my first worldwonder the forbidden city of Petra Jordan then off to the pyramids in Cairo Egypt then Rhodes Athens and Olympia Greece and finally Valletta Malta. I re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Olympia/blog-270355.html On Sunday July 15th we traveled by car for 3 hours certainly it would have taken me 9 hours for sure with the 2 lane hiway with most driving on the shoulder to allow traffic to pass in the middle from both sides and with all the turns and curves. Nick is a fast driver as all are here. The road goes through country and cities and villages through the Korinthos Canal. Beautiful. Also beaut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-197122.html We are now back at Amaliada going each day to the beech of Kourouta. This area is a farm community with farming of hugh pumpkins and watermellon just sitting out in the fields. We drove past many vegetables stands with the hugh vegetables witting pretty and looking so delicious. The water is so beautiful the night time with a long walkway along the beech full of people eating corn being gril http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Amaliada/blog-197119.html We are now back at Amaliada going each day to the beech of Kourouta. This area is a farm community with farming of hugh pumpkins and watermellon just sitting out in the fields. We drove past many vegetables stands with the hugh vegetables witting pretty and looking so delicious. The water is so beautiful the night time with a long walkway along the beech full of people eating corn being gril http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Amaliada/blog-188673.html On Sunday July 15th we traveled by car for 3 hours certainly it would have taken me 9 hours for sure with the 2 lane hiway with most driving on the shoulder to allow traffic to pass in the middle from both sides and with all the turns and curves. Nick is a fast driver as all are here. The road goes through country and cities and villages through the Korinthos Canal. Beautiful. Also beaut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Amaliada/blog-187256.html Well our cruise was everything we hoped for and more. First of all we bough deck class. Its a 30ish hour ferry and we bough deck class which means we were crammed into a big room ok not crammed but there were maybe 50 other people in the room that was half inside and half outside. So if it got cold we were basically screwed. Just before the boat took off people started claiming their sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-165220.html Hi friends just came back from the lovely Nafpaktos where I went with my family.Finally some son after many days of rain. We went swimming ate great fresh fish in Lepanto and chilled out. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Naupactus/blog-162590.html I left Corfu on saturday the 7th of april for the peloponese city of Patras. As i carfully stepped over borken peices of pottery which had been hurled from windows as part of the easter celebrations and doged the horeds of people and fire works that were randomly being set off I considered trying to stay on the island for a bit longer. But I had already booked passage on on a ferry that would http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-147171.html Down the cliff a nightlit city spread before us. Above in the starstudded sky bats swept through the spotlights. Within there were only three of us travelers raiding a silent fortress. We crept about the shadows discovering the silence of an overcome fortress and when daylight rose we left toward a theatre one of the largest most grandiose and well preserved of the antiquities. Upon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-92069.html This was the beginning of a twoday adventure that I just completed. Sidenote I lost the camera cable so I'll have to find another way to upload the photos maybe someone around the hostel can help... I'll check tomorrow. Day 12 started out in Athens. I crawled out of bed in the hostel still groggy and fighting off the cold. Also the guy from Brazil was coughing all not... sounded pretty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-49417.html