Today we left mycenae feeling a little bit sorry for ourselves lol! A little bit to much wine lol! We have been to see treasures of Atreus which was a beehive tomb from back in 1400 BC, however it contained no remains. It did smell a little but. Then we went to the museum. Now this was amazing the ancient epidaurus an amphitheater that is still in use today. We were lucky enough to have Bob and Sally sing for us, Boof and I climbed right to the top to enjo...

This will be up dated mire later on today, I ran out of time yesterday lol! We visited Olympia where the first Olympic games were held, I expected it to be a bit more in tact but it was still good. We ran the sprint and Ryan a tong kid from Australia one, Boof and I gave it our best but us old farts could nit keep up lol! We all went out on a little boat to an island and looked around a little venition ( Sml castle) and enjoyed ouzo, olives and feta, with Gree...

Last night we had a lovely evening out, strolling along the walk ways mingling with our new friends, Steve,Len (UK) Terissa (new Zealand) and Bob and Sally (UK). It was so nice to find out what each ones interests and work was and learning about each others countries. Today we have been up in the cliffs to visit a monastery and a nunery. in both they all wore black and didn't really speak to anyone. The monastery's were built in the 14 th century, they are Gre...

In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a deity who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth. The navel of the earth came from Zeus throwing up two eagles at the opposite ends of the earth and the navel is where they met. Python (derived from the verb pythein, "to rot") is claimed by some to be the or...

We enjoyed a lovely walk down old Athens, it was great people watching, children kicking a ball around, lovers holding hands whilst strolling along, old men deep in conversation enjoying a beer and smoke. Lots of out side eateries to choose from, I had a lamb sausage open souvalaki thing it was ok, Boof had carbonarra which he loved. Our garlic bread was that loaded up with garlic that it burnt our mouths whilst eating it lol! Can still taste it today. The buf...