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Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia 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
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Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia 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

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia July 19th 2011

Olympia - the home of the ancient Olympic games of wrestling, chariot and horse racing and a pentathlon.... read more
The ancient stadium
Ruins of the stadium
Steps leading up to the great temple of Zeus.

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia July 18th 2011

This is our cruise ship! THE MSC MUSICA!!... read more
The MSC holds more than 2500 people plus staff
The girls
We dressed up a little too!

Europe » 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
A competitor enters the stadium
Final of the boys stadion race
Jack wins by a head

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia 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
Ancient Olympia
Ancient Olympia
Ancient Olympia

Europe » Greece » West Greece April 7th 2011

The drive from Patras to Ioninna and Perama was not so bad, on pretty good roads. We stopped for a coffee break in a town on a Bay and that was quite pleasant (see picture). Although the funniest thing on the drive was the “highway” was cut off on one ramp and turned us to another and when we looked down that ramp, the 2 lanes ran directly in to this big huge pool of water. Just straight down in to it and the whole road disappeared. Too bad there were cars behind us because that picture would have been priceless. It was just the strangest thing. Another break for lunch was at a random roadside café - although we think in hindsight it was part of a town - a very very small town - ... read more
Perama and Ioninna
Scenic drive
Washed out road

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia 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
Sheep!!!
Olympia
Lagkadia town square

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Patras April 4th 2011

To recap...When we got into Lagkadia, we went to the Kentrikion Hotel. The young man who worked there said we might want to stay at the Lagkadia Resort, also owned by his family, because the Kentrikion was too noisy. Which was true. You know those movies where the Geek families are arguing and talking loudly all at once? There were a group of people, probably 60's, men and women, standing at the desk talking rapidly and with great irritation. I have no idea what was going on. So we moved to the other hotel. Then, we went to the restaurant, also owned by the family, and old men would come to the door, pass through to another part of the hotel, some women too... very weird. It was like the whole town was in meltdown. No ... read more
Sheep!
Museum at Archea Olympia
My favorite at Archea Olympia

Europe » Greece » West Greece September 16th 2010

Hi Everyone-here we are on our Fast Ferry leaving the port of Patra, Greece-took the 3 hr bus ride to this port from Athens to catch the ferry-21 hr boat ride (as Dad calls it-our Cruise). The ferry takes us to Ancona, Italy-where we take the train to Rome-approx 4 hr train ride. We should be in Rome sometime tomorrow afternoon. We enjoyed Greece but are looking forward to Rome now-and great Italian food! Don't get worried if we don't email or blog for a few days as sometimes we don't have internet or it doesn't connect. We were sitting in the reception area on the ferry for1 1/2 hrs to see if we could get an upgrade-they have to wait until they leave port to see if there are any vacancies-we couldn't book a cabin ... read more




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