Photo: Lion Gate - Mycenea - 1600BC
Day 36: Athens to Olympia
First day of our 4 day tour of mainland Greece. It’s hard to
get your mind around the age of this place. We visited an amphitheatre built in
the 4th century BC, capacity 11000, where the acoustics were so good
that you could hear a coin drop on the ground from the back row. An Mycean acropolis
dating back to 1600BC, a beehive shaped treasury as old as the pyramids. I’ll
need to go back over the details to refresh my memory, but the overall
impression is beyond my comprehension.
We finished the day in Olympia, but haven’t yet seen the Olympic
site. On the way we passed through the Kalamata district. 7 million olive
trees. From the ridge above all you could see was olives groves. Amazing.
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