Every Tour bus in Greece!

 We stopped at Olympia and visited the archeological site there where the temple of Zeus is located.

It was a great experience to be at the site of the very first Olympic games and learn about the athletes, the housing, the games (the mens and womens games were held on separate occasions on different years every four years).

We spent quite a bit of time walking around the site and really got a feeling for what it might have felt like in ancient times.




We loved that each area was well marked with plaques telling the story and giving pictures of an artists rendition of what the buildings may have looked like way back then...

The next day we wanted to go to the Olympia Museum until we saw the number of tour busses and cars at the site, and blocking every side street and alley in the whole town! There were about 500 cars and busses lined up and people everywhere!! Ok ahhhhhh...pass on the museum... next time! Off to Pyrgos, Patra, and Diakopto.

Greece Again... yes one of our favorite countries

Off to Greece again.
As one of our favorite countries Greece is the magical land with ocean beaches, warm weather, and friendly people.
We always stop at Britos in Athens for a bottle of 'the best' Ouzo.
This trip we will be renting a car and driving around the country side for a month.

We plan to travel the Peloponnese along the coast up to Corfu and then on to Thessiloniki, back down to Delphi and then Athens. We then fly to Crete to Hania to start our wanderings on that beautiful Island. We plan to circumambulate the Island making stops at the most interesting places. And (thanks to a little technology upgrade with a  new notebook) we will keep you informed of the stops and what we see, who we meet and what we ate for the whole trip. Hopefully pictures will be included.