On the ferry from near Nafpaktos to Patra |
Soon the ferry will be replaced by this bridge |
Hope they meet in the middle |
There is an old fort at each end of the new bridge |
Chlemousti Castle - Frankish 1220-1223 |
Chlemousti Castle |
Chlemousti Castle |
Chlemousti Castle |
Chlemousti Castle |
Chlemousti Castle |
View of the village of Chlemousti |
Olympia |
Ancient Olympia - Temple of Hera |
3C. BC Entrance to the stadium of Olympia |
The original Olympic Stadium |
Jumbled Rocks from Olympia's Temple of Zeus, destroyed by earthquake 6C AD |
One of the Seven Wonders, Pheidias' Statue of Olympian Zeus |
Mosaic floor at Ancient Olympia |
Dad touring Ancient Olympia |
Olympia Museum |
There must be many heads somewhere |
Olympia Museum |
4C BC Hermes by Praxiteles |
I hate bus tour groups! |
Hermes is carrying the infant Dionysos |
Nike (Victory) 421 BC |
Nike of Paionios |
Olympia Museum - bronze horse |
Helmet of Miltiades, victor of the Battle of Marathon |
Olympia Museum - bronze helmet |
West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus |
Apollo from the west pediment - 5C BC |
Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs |
Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs |
East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus |
Zeus flanked by Pelops and Oinomaos |
Labours of Hercules from temple frieze |
Ancient Greek helmet and shield |
Olympia Museum - ancient bronze helmets |
Olympia Museum - Small bronze satyr |
Lion headed water spout from the Temple of Zeus |
Olympia Museum - Siren |
Shop in Olympia |
Shop in Olympia |
Shop in Olympia |
Kalo Taxidi - Good Journey |
Enroute from Olympia to Langadia |
The roads on the Peleponnese are twisting but smooth |