Olympia

Today, we left the hotel early to get on the bus to travel to ancient Olympia. It took about a two hour drive, so I slept a lot of the way down there. Once we got to Olympia, we looked at a small museum then we toured the area and had a race on the old track/stadium of Olympia. I didn't participate in the race, but instead took some pictures. The male winner received a crown of olive leaves as traditional in the old days of Olympia, and the female winner won an apple, also traditional in the old days when females had separate games from the males. After the race, we headed to lunch at a nearby restaurant where I had some of the most delicious chicken I have eaten served with rice and fries. There were some shops beside the restaurant where I found some more gifts. We went to another museum after lunch and then got back on the bus to head back to Patras. Before we went back to the hotel there, we stopped at a beautiful Greek Orthodox church and got some really delicious caramel ice cream across the street. There was a whole family begging outside of the church, and one of our guys gave one of the small girls an orange and they immediately took off across the street to eat it. He also went out and gave her an apple. I thought that was really sweet and kind of sad to see.

We came back to the hotel to relax for a little bit before dinner and had another delicious dinner with dessert. Tomorrow morning, we leave for Tolon. I'm not sure if there's internet, so I may be without internet for the next two weeks. I might buy another internet card if that's possible, but other than that, I might not be back on here blogging. I guess I will just have to find out. I'm really excited about going to ancient Corinth tomorrow. I have been looking forward to that for the longest time. I tried to upload pictures for this last post, but it seems to be taking forever to upload, so I won't be able to. Love you all!!