Sunday Trip In Ancient Olympia (Greece)

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Mihalis fjr

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Here are some photos from our 400 miles Sunday trip in Ancient Olympia.
The place destroyed from an earthquake about the 4th century BC..
Here is the link if you like to see all the 170 photos:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.494378910694073.1073741830.100003659052996&type=1&l=f6f64cb396
Hope that you like it..
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Thanks for sharing the photos. Would love to get there one day. It looks like you had Olympia to yourselves. Where are all the tourists?

Cheers,

Gmann

 
Cool, lots of pics!!
Thank you!
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That's one beautiful lady you have there Mihalis!
Thank you!Also Emma sent her thanks to you!
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Since I'll most likely never get there, thanks for taking me/us along for the tour. Nice pics!!
Glad you like it!
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Thanks for sharing the photos. Would love to get there one day. It looks like you had Olympia to yourselves. Where are all the tourists?
Cheers,

Gmann
You are welcome!
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Well this Sunday we had municipal elections to all the country and the area was open for a few hours only..I really don't know how they took the stupid decision to close the tourist areas...The tourists knew that and probably they came to the area the next day ''Monday''..

 
Great stuff as usual Mihalis!!
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Lots of fantastic pictures that I will likely never see with my own eyes. Greatly appreciate your RR's
Thank you Tanker for your kind words!
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Glad you like it!

 
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Great pictures, thanks for sharing. It's pretty amazing the skills those ancient stonemasons acquired, with the primitive tools they had available.

 
Thanks for the photos! How long was the ride from Athens - about 4-5 hours?

Your country has so many beautiful treasures, we can't wait to see more next time we're there.

I'll never forget walking through that entrance to the stadium... imagining the thousands of athletes who passed that way for a thousand years.

How small we are, how little we know.

Looking forward to your next ride report!

 
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Great pics Mihalis. Amazing to see how advanced the Greeks were compared to other civilizations at the same time.

 
Great pictures, thanks for sharing. It's pretty amazing the skills those ancient stonemasons acquired, with the primitive tools they had available.
You're welcome!
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Yes,i believe that it was very difficult for them to build all those very heavy stones..

Thanks for the photos! How long was the ride from Athens - about 4-5 hours?
Your country has so many beautiful treasures, we can't wait to see more next time we're there.

I'll never forget walking through that entrance to the stadium... imagining the thousands of athletes who passed that way for a thousand years.

How small we are, how little we know.

Looking forward to your next ride report!
You're welcome!
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The ride was about 4+ hours from Athens.We decided to go from the mountains because the scenery is more beautiful.From the normal road the ride is about 3 hours.Assume you have visit this area?You mean the Ancient Olympia stadium?

Very cool!
Thank you!
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Nicely done, thanks for sharing the ride and pics with us Mihalis!
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You're welcome escapefjrtist!
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Great pics Mihalis. Amazing to see how advanced the Greeks were compared to other civilizations at the same time.
Thank you Hudson!
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Glad you like it!

 
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