Olympia

What an amazing experience and another place ticked off our bucket list.

 The first event of the day was the bus ride where a young Greek had to negotiate the narrow streets and moving obstacles to get us there inside his personal best

The €9 entry gets you through the museum and the Olympic site including the stadium. Begun in 900bc it reached its peak about 150bc. 

Sadly, vandalism by invaders, earthquakes, pilphering and finally a series of floods left it covered in silt. Hidden for centuries.

  Then in 1860 a German archeologist rediscovered it and it has been gradually uncovered ever since

What a job!! The site is the size of a town, at least 70 acres

And the final event of the day was a marathon. A typical Greek dinner.We hit the wall and couldn't finish which will haunt me forever