Country Club Trikolonion Peloponnese

... we only got a little bit wet while cycling. The campsite that was supposed to be closed let us in. The man running the campground invited us to have coffee with him. We&#8217;re right on the sea again and got to see a beautiful sunset. We&#8217;ve been invited to help ourselves to the mandarin trees. The lightening is giving us a show playing over the sea while darkness descends. We&#8217;re even dry - for now...<br>

... is lit in Olympia and transported to wherever the games are being held. Supposedly we just missed the lighting of the torch for Vancouver&#8217;s games this winter. <br><br>And the stadium. The immense area carved out to hold the various events. It was fun to watch everyone strutting to the starting line to get their photo taken. <br><br> In the afternoon, we went to the archeological ...

... I didn&#8217;t know what to do...<br><br>I felt this trip slipping away through my fingers and I was completely devastated. <br><br>I am not ready to give it up! Now is when we have the time and the money, and we&#8217;re HERE for goodness sake! I can&#8217;t let it go, not yet. But I also don&#8217;t want memories of bad times and rushed travels like Italy. <br><br>It would be so easy to ...

... shapes or rocks looking like possible walls, but held out in hope of a significant structure on the top of the hill. However, as we emerged at the summit all we found was a ramshackle but charming low - partly subterranean - chapel of St George. There was no great age to the building, which was a dry-stone construction, although there were some obviously shaped pieces of stone, including one section of classical column. The long grass around the chapel on the largely ...

... both ancient and modern, that we know now. The citadel of Mykenai is perched on top of a hill with a commanding view of the fertile land below; one gets the impression that was the idea. It was clearly built not only to defend - with such features as a well-fortified water supply - but to impress, as the Lion Gate attests. And yet, at some point in the 1200s BCE, the city, though ...

... BC. The Romans only rebuilt the city a century later. We were told that earthquakes and centuries of pillage had left little standing of Ancient Corinth except remnants of once grand buildings. Though narrow, the canal was supposedly just wide enough for a cruise ship to pass. Unfortunately, we were not one of the fortunate few to be on a cruise across the canal that day ...

... at best. The only hostel in town had a lock in by 10pm, at this time lights had to be out and all hot water would be turned off, what can you expect for 8 Euro a night. I grabbed a gyro &amp; called my mother as the bus driver indicated to do when I got to Greece. This night I also stepped in wet cement, I have forever left a mark on Olympia. Olympia the next morning was fantastic, I got up early enough to watch the sun rise on Olympia, at breakfast and waited for ...

... a large vat, so I'm a happy camper with that for breakfast. And coffee of course. And if you forget it in the buffet line, they'll bring it for you! The service is amazing! At 815, we went for our tour out to the original Olympic Village ruins. First thing to greet us as we walked down the gangway was a very handsome man in a toga and a fake torch for us to get our photo taken with (they're taking another picture every time you turn around!) There's ...

... Km/h): 51.0 Reached the southern most part of mainland Greece, Akri Tainaro. The further south, the more wild the landscape and the locals become. Vendettas played a big role in village life and the building style reflects this. Many of the old houses resemble mini forts! The basic plan is a square tower of 3-4 stories and no windows on the ground floor, there are ...

... some kind of war. They were so proud of this that they got together and sponsored a statue of Nike to be put in front of the temple of Zeus. This is one of the most well preserved examples of Nike that we have, second only to the Nike of Samothrace which is held in the Louvre in Paris. Although it is not well known, there was also an oracle at Olympia. This oracle gave prophesies mainly about war and battles, so there were often offerings of armor. It was some pretty ...