To finish up our Southern Greece trip, we headed to Olympia. Olympia is an ancient city in the Peloponnese and is the sight of the first ever Olympics. Most of the sight has been excavated and we were able to see the sights of where the gymnasium was. We also saw where the wrestlers would have practiced and the sight of the Temple of Zeus. In this temple, there was once a statue of Zeus that was 43 feet tall and it was a wonder around the world. But at some point, the Turks stole the statue from Olympia and took it to Istanbul. No one knows what happened to it after that. We were also able to see the stadium where the Olympic games took place.
Athlete's Arch
Drawing of the Zeus statue
Excavation sight at Olymia
Stadium
Every two years, a couple of months before the Olympics, a flame is lit in this ancient city and is run all over Greece by various Olympians. We just happened to be in Athens the day it was being ran through to Russia and we were able to witness it.
Choir
Runner entering stadium
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