After leaving Italy we headed across the Ionian Sea to the Port of Katakolo and took a bus to the original Olympic Stadium in Olympia. Built over 2,000 years ago, the remains of the town, its temples, stadiums and gymnasiums are still there and continuously being restored, all of the sculptures that survived have been removed and are in museums. Today was our first day of wet weather, but luckily there was a guy selling brollies at the gates of Olympia, the gods must have been with him, because the rain inflation of umbrellas when bus loads of tourists get dropped off here is ~300%!!!! The little town is still thriving with plenty of gift shops and cafes and was very pleasant to have a wander through.
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