Olympia - Blogabond

We booked a tour to Olympia for our stop in Katakolon, Greece. Katakolon is a port village that is quite small, there are only about 1200 residents. So we got on a bus that took about 30 minutes to get to Olympia. Olympia is the village that held the first olympics. Our tour included a guided walk of the archaelogical site. We walked around this site that dates back to 776 BC, which is the first year the olympics were held. We had kind of dressed warmer because the forecast called for 23 degree weather and rain but it turned out to be about 30 degrees and very humid. So we kept stopping and sitting down on some of the ruins; only in Europe do they allow you to sit on something that is 3000 years old :). After the tour of the archaelogical site we wandered the village of Olympia for a while, which is also quite small. After that it was back on the bus for the ride back to the cruise ship. Stopped at the duty free shop near the ship and thought about buying some Ouzo since it was only 2 euros but everyone talked me out of it since you're not actually allowed to bring liquour back on the ship. They hold it for you until the end of the cruise.