Today we toured Olympia -- it being the location of the ancient Olympic games. I thought this might prove interesting,but at the risk of sounding unappreciative of being in Greece, it didn't really stand out. It looked like the other ruins we've seen, if not worse. It was really not in good condition. We would see something like 4 stones lying on the ground and it would evidently be the temple where the torch was lit. This would have been impressive had it been more than 4 stones.
Much of the site was like this. We saw where they did the running events. I would have considered running 100m or so, but I really didn't sleep well last night. The mattress was thin, yet hard as a rock. I think I slept better on an overnight train in Vietnam. The hotel breakfast of a piece of bread was also a bit lacking.
This combination of being tired and hungry made me a very weak boy. Olympia was the only thing on our itinerary for the day, which is probably for the best because I was already falling asleep in the taxi.
We spent a good portion of the afternoon relaxing by the pool at our Best Western, which is actually quite nice. The photo here is the view from our balcony. I'm greatly looking forward to dinner as it will be my first meal of the day.
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