Apollon Olympia
Douma 13 Olympia, Peloponnese, 27065, Greece
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A mountain drive to remember
Wednesday
Our Andritsaina innkeeper really, really wanted to talk to some Americans during breakfast but his english was about as good as our Greek. We all tried, had a good time but I'm not sure we did a lot of communicating.
Leaving Andritsaina our first destination was the Temple of Vasses, a beautiful remote temple dedicated to Apollo. They are continuing the restoration and ...
Day 15: PATRAS–OLYMPIA. Wednesday 13 July
... was also a fair number of closed businesses along the highway reflecting the hard times they’re enduring here. We stopped for wine/olive tasting just outside of town and Nancy bought some earrings. It’s a beautiful hotelWe were checking in to our attractive rooms by 5:30 but the entire hotel is too hot. We had 45 minutes to check out the main street before supper and it’s very ...
Birthplace of the Olympics
... do not have entry/welcome signs like we do at home, but after talking to the ticket operator I was kindly told "don’t worry" and that my bus would arrive in 10 mins. Strange because I thought I had my calm, cool and collected face on, but obviously it was my “holy ****, where the hell am I” face.
Olympia is a very sleepy town. These days it must just be day-trippers on coach bus that come here, because at 7pm when I finally arrived, the ...
Olympia, Greece
... br>
How do you say "egg"?
NZ - "igg"
Aus - " goog" ( it comes from a chook)
Dave - " ehg"
How do you say "I am full"?
NZ - " I'm fool."
Aus - " I'm chokkers."
Dave - " I'm stuffed."
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DAY 14 – OLYMPIA
... which was built in 472 BC, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Constantina also gave us a great background to Olympia, which was originally settled 3000 years BC by people who moved from under Mt Olympus in the colder north, in search of a warmer climate and fertile land. There is evidence to suggest that games were being held as early as 1000 BC to honour the union of Hippodameia, and Pelops who was from a ...



