GREECE DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 - PALAMIDI CASTLE, MYCENE, TREASURY OF ATRIUS, OLYMPIA AND BACK TO TOLO

A laid back couple holding up traffic on the main drag through town, gotta love this place
One of the many gate of the Palamidi Castle over Naphlio

Well I guess if I had a choice I'd be on this side of the wall trying to shoot out


Lots of other fortresses in the distance

Beth and Angie exploring Palamidi Castle

Incredible views from this place

Hey I just liked the two arces

Leaving Naphlio on our way to Mycene. Naphlio is a vacation destination resort on the Peleponesion penninsula

The famous "Lion's Gate" into Mycene

The view from Mycene

Inside Mycene

The entrance to the cistern at Mycene

Beth looking down into the passage leading to a water cistern that was feed from the mountains behind Mycene. Kind of important if you want to wait out a siege.

One of the back doors to Mycene

The treasury of Atreus at Mycene

Inside the treasury of Atreus

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A villiage in the mountains on the way to Olympia. This is the view from a curve in the road (narrow short curve) where "Efnacio" (not sure of the spelling) whittles his walking sticks and salad spoons & forks etc. he is a very personable elderly gentleman who markets his wares all over the place. He has magazine exerpts to prove his points. He is willing and ready to share his stacks of letters from all over the world from folks that stopped at his curve in the road. He lives inside where he works with a cot and wood stove in the corner. This gentleman reminded me of people I met throughout Greece in 1970, it was lots of fun, gotta love Greek people.

Hey what, me worry, I could hang here and whittle for a while and not worry about much of anything.

"Efnacio" with Angie and Beth

A quick break in the mountains on the way to Olympia right on the edge of the road
This picture is for my friend Tony, real greek coffee!

On the road to Olympia

This column of the temple of Zeus was reconstructed by Germany on the occasion of the Olympic games. Beth and Angie are dwarfed by its size.

Beth amidst the columns in Olympia

Hey its my ancient brother deep in thought.

What was left of these statues from the freize at the temple to Zeus were arranged inside. Whil veiwing these was a powerful experienc one can only imagine what the would have looked like in their orignal complete form displayes 5 plus meters from the ground as part of the structure.

In the museum at Olympia

In the museum at Olympia

In the museum at Olympia

On the road to Tolo via Naplio a typical greek flagger

Rudy's Lamb Oh my goodness, to die for.
We shared the Tuna Salad

Beth's Mousakas

GREECE DAY 2 - SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 DELPHI TO TOLO

Well we checked out ancient Delphi and headed down the mountains across the straight and to the Peleponesian Peninsula, past Corinth and a bunch of other sites to a little resort town south of Naphlio called Tolo where we stayed for the night. Great place right next to a bakery, ah what a smell to get up to, plus the Sunrise and the ocean, hard to beat.

DELPHI - SEPTEMBER 13,2008 - Day 1

Our stop for the night was Delphi. We checked into our hotel which was typically small but very nice. The owner was a great guy, very friendly. It was too late to take in the sites but not to late for a nice outdoor meal outside next to the narrow roads where mopeds go zipping by with no lights ridden by helmetless and sanddled riders.

The dinner menu was greek salad, giant beans (yum), and tzatziki, all washed down with a local red wine.

The next morning we got up early and got serious. We started at 8:00 Am walking the site, which took the whole moring. By noon we had some refreshments after which went to the museum which just openened then. By 1:30 we were off on the road to our next desination Tolo on the Peleponesian Penninsula, via Corinth. I'll post some pictures below and above

OFF TO GREECE MUNICH TO ATHENS THEN DELPHI

Lots of fun for the first few days but now that we are over our jet lag off to Greece via Lufthansa. Plane was 1/3 empty for a 2.5 hour flight. Lots of leg room left and arrive on time good service during the flight. Got off the plane at noon and got our rental car after which we took off for the destination of the day - Defphi. Although we did it via Osio San Lucas and monestary hidden away in the mountains. Its a serene place with lots of good architecture. Beth didn't know it then but this was the just the begining of lots of old stone, and I do mean old.

Traffice has changed considerably since the last time I was here in 1969 hitch hiking around the country but the people haven't nor has the food, friendly and beyond good. We stopped for our firest meal along the road to Delphi in the mountains and had the best meal to that point of our trip. Wish I could remember where it was............

We ended up in our first internet reserved hoted the Pithos, what a great place. The owner "George" was real energetic guy who built the place and live in the ground floor with his wife and kids.

Had a good dinner: greek salad; squid; mousaka etc. washed it down with a local red wine about a week old. Good times good stuff.

A SEPTEMBER WALK DOWNTOWN ULM CAR SHOW AND OTHER STUFF

After checking out the fortress around the city we went for a walk downtown. Lots of goings on amoung other things old cars and a bike. Guess what I took pictures of. Oh well I'm sort of predictable.