Greece so far part 2
Finished our first tour today. Went to the monastaries at Meteora today and then stopped off at Thermopylae on the way back to Athens to see the statue of Leonadis. Was not impressed with the fact that we were on 1 side off the road, it was on the other and we couldn't cross to get closer because the road is too dangerous to just randomly cross so couldn't get any close ups. Grrr.
Yesterday was Delphi so saw the museum, the temple of Apollo, the theatre and then went down to the tholos and temples of Athena although there's pretty much nothing left of the temples to Athena just the foundations. The tholos is in better condition with the foundations and a grand total of 3 columns.
Day before was Olympia where they had the first Olympics. We had a family of 9 on the tour and their kids wh ranged in age from 9-24 decided that they'd have a race the length of the staduim. This was despite it being the middle of the afternoon and more than 30 degrees. Crazy americans. Went to the museum as well as all the ruins. Kaz, got some photos of your temple at Olympia if you want them.
Day before that we went to Epidauros and saw the theatre there. The accoustics were really good but we decided that we wouldn't really like having to sit through a whole day of plays considering the heat and the fact that the seats would get damn hot after a while.
Poured with rain last night and there was a pretty impressive thunderstorm as well. Kat and Kaz have you guys done something to piss Zeus off again? We blamed Marty, a guy on out tour because he took a stone from the Sacred Way at Delphi so we figured it was either Zeus or Apollo pissed about that or it's Kat, Laz or Nicks fault. Started raining on the way back to Athens as well so again Marty got the blame for that because he took photos in the monastaries when you're not meant to and got yelled at by the guard. Or again it's one of you guys. After all it can't be be, I'm perfect. Plus I'm his favourite daughter.
Tomorrow we start our 4 day island tour. Spend the whole day getting to Mykonos. Not so impressed with that part of it since we don't get there until about 6pm so don't have time to go visit Delos or really do much. Grrr
So that's Greece so far. Fascinating isn't it?
Yesterday was Delphi so saw the museum, the temple of Apollo, the theatre and then went down to the tholos and temples of Athena although there's pretty much nothing left of the temples to Athena just the foundations. The tholos is in better condition with the foundations and a grand total of 3 columns.
Day before was Olympia where they had the first Olympics. We had a family of 9 on the tour and their kids wh ranged in age from 9-24 decided that they'd have a race the length of the staduim. This was despite it being the middle of the afternoon and more than 30 degrees. Crazy americans. Went to the museum as well as all the ruins. Kaz, got some photos of your temple at Olympia if you want them.
Day before that we went to Epidauros and saw the theatre there. The accoustics were really good but we decided that we wouldn't really like having to sit through a whole day of plays considering the heat and the fact that the seats would get damn hot after a while.
Poured with rain last night and there was a pretty impressive thunderstorm as well. Kat and Kaz have you guys done something to piss Zeus off again? We blamed Marty, a guy on out tour because he took a stone from the Sacred Way at Delphi so we figured it was either Zeus or Apollo pissed about that or it's Kat, Laz or Nicks fault. Started raining on the way back to Athens as well so again Marty got the blame for that because he took photos in the monastaries when you're not meant to and got yelled at by the guard. Or again it's one of you guys. After all it can't be be, I'm perfect. Plus I'm his favourite daughter.
Tomorrow we start our 4 day island tour. Spend the whole day getting to Mykonos. Not so impressed with that part of it since we don't get there until about 6pm so don't have time to go visit Delos or really do much. Grrr
So that's Greece so far. Fascinating isn't it?
posted by sarah at 4:25 PM
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