Ilis Olympia
Praxitelous And Kondilists Olympia, Peloponnese, 27065, Greece
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The start of our 4 day land tour
We started our 4 day land tour today. We were the first to be picked up by the bus at Hotel La Mirage. Subsequently, we had other Australians, Dutch, Americans, South Africans etc who came onboard. Our first stop was at the Corinth Canal. Ancient Corinth used to be an affluent and powerful city. It survived the Peloponnese wars and Macedonian rule …
6 liter
Donderdag 25augustus. 120km 3uurtjes Vandaag was een zware dag ondanks de korte rit! 's ochtends eerst hotel gezocht en geboekt, ontbeten, de motor opgehaald, nog even langs die andere motorzaak voor een kaart en evt Bulgarije tips, en dat betekende uiteindelijke vertrek om 12u... Veel te laat want midden op de dag. Ach ja wat moet dat moet... …
Built by giants time out of mind ago: Mykenai
The Mycenaean empire had its zenith between 1600 and 1100 BCE, and were obviously (as styles of artwork attest) strongly influenced by the preceding Minoan civilization. Before I go on about what we saw, some explanation of terms I've been using such as "classical period," "archaic period" etc., courtesy of this website http://www.greeklandscapes. …
Olympia
Because we had run out of time to see Mikines (Mycenae) on Friday, we decided to go by the site on Sunday morning. First we treated ourselves to a good Sunday morning breakfast - omelet for me, bacon and eggs for Karen - a welcome break from the usual hotel breakfast foods, heavy on the carbs. Then we headed out. Even though we arrived early, the …
The original Olympics
Today we arrived in legendary Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympics. While we were there we went to the archeoligical museum where we saw some of the statues from Olympia, then we went to the actual site of the Olympia where we ran on the track where the Greek ran the events of the ancient olympics like the 2 stadia (2 lengths) and the 4 stadia ( …



