Good morning Greece! We had a great breakfast here too! I had heard that Greek
Yogurt was really good- but wow!- it was really good. It is as thick as sour cream and they put honey on it to sweeten it.
Delish! After breakfast we headed down to this beach. It is overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. The kids had a great time collecting rocks to give to their friends as
souvenirs.
As we drove through Greece, we saw many, many orange and lemon trees.
Our first historical stop was Corinth. Corinth's history begins in 6000BC. The apostle Paul lived there for nearly two years around 52AD. It was pretty cool to walk where Paul walked. This is in front of the temple of Apollo.
The best site was in
Acro Corinth- several miles away on top of a mountain. This is where the people of Corinth would retreat to during times of attack. There were three big gates still intact. The kids and Brigham especially love to climb around on these ancient ruins.
Below- Brigham and Brig are coming back from an adventure where they hiked to the very highest defensive wall. It was quite the climb.
Our second stop was
Nemea. It was famous in
greek myth as the home of the
Nemean Lion which Hercules had to slay. It is also the home of the
Nemean Games- begun near 573 BC. The crew is demonstrating the correct stance at the starting line. The
stadion or running race was one of the five major events in the
Pentathlon.
The three of us actually ran a race and Brig came in first,
Katry second and as usual- I brought up the rear- being six months
pregnant had nothing to do with it. I always loose to them. I am okay with that. We want our kids to be better than us. Right!?!
Here Brigham is holding up the remains of the temple of
zeus. A very
Herculean effort!
The kids had their windows down for the drive and this huge grasshopper decided to hitch a ride. We had to stop the vehicle so that our own hero- Hercules- ahem Brigham could save the day by swatting the
afore mentioned grasshopper from the car. Oddly enough, the kids kept the window rolled up after that.
This was one of our more memorable stops.
Mycenea. We had seen a lot of really neat 'old" structures up to now- but this really took the cake. This fortress was thought to be built around 1600 BC. The Colosseum was built in the early 1st century and it is 2000 years old- this place nearly doubles that age. Wow!
Since Brig had won our footrace in
Nemea-
Katry wove for him a wreath of grass to signify his victory. They actually wore victory crowns of parsley.
We loved these signs warning of danger. Click on it for a closer view.
Ahh! The Lions Gate. The largest stones weigh well over 20 tons. For this reason- it is
believed the wall was built by the cyclops. It is also believed that
Agamemnon lived here and left from here to fight in the battle of Troy. He was later killed by his wife for sacrificing his daughter in order to get favorable winds to sail their ships. Crazy people!
Our last stop of the day was
Nafplion. The water of the Aegean sea was gorgeous here.
The entire hillside was covered in cacti- Brig managed to find some great uses for it.
Brigham rang the bell in the
Acronauplia- a giant fortress- to let the town know that all was well.
Mmmmm! This girl loves ice cream.
Good morning Greece! We had a great breakfast here too! I had heard that Greek Yogurt was really good- but wow!- it was really good. It is as thick as sour cream and they put honey on it to sweeten it. Delish! After breakfast we headed down to this beach. It is overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. The kids had a great time collecting rocks to give to their friends as souvenirs.
As we drove through Greece, we saw many, many orange and lemon trees.
Our first historical stop was Corinth. Corinth's history begins in 6000BC. The apostle Paul lived there for nearly two years around 52AD. It was pretty cool to walk where Paul walked. This is in front of the temple of Apollo.
The best site was in Acro Corinth- several miles away on top of a mountain. This is where the people of Corinth would retreat to during times of attack. There were three big gates still intact. The kids and Brigham especially love to climb around on these ancient ruins.
Below- Brigham and Brig are coming back from an adventure where they hiked to the very highest defensive wall. It was quite the climb.
Our second stop was Nemea. It was famous in greek myth as the home of the Nemean Lion which Hercules had to slay. It is also the home of the Nemean Games- begun near 573 BC. The crew is demonstrating the correct stance at the starting line. The stadion or running race was one of the five major events in the Pentathlon.
The three of us actually ran a race and Brig came in first, Katry second and as usual- I brought up the rear- being six months pregnant had nothing to do with it. I always loose to them. I am okay with that. We want our kids to be better than us. Right!?!
Here Brigham is holding up the remains of the temple of zeus. A very Herculean effort!
The kids had their windows down for the drive and this huge grasshopper decided to hitch a ride. We had to stop the vehicle so that our own hero- Hercules- ahem Brigham could save the day by swatting the afore mentioned grasshopper from the car. Oddly enough, the kids kept the window rolled up after that.
This was one of our more memorable stops. Mycenea. We had seen a lot of really neat 'old" structures up to now- but this really took the cake. This fortress was thought to be built around 1600 BC. The Colosseum was built in the early 1st century and it is 2000 years old- this place nearly doubles that age. Wow!
Since Brig had won our footrace in Nemea- Katry wove for him a wreath of grass to signify his victory. They actually wore victory crowns of parsley.
We loved these signs warning of danger. Click on it for a closer view.
Ahh! The Lions Gate. The largest stones weigh well over 20 tons. For this reason- it is believed the wall was built by the cyclops. It is also believed that Agamemnon lived here and left from here to fight in the battle of Troy. He was later killed by his wife for sacrificing his daughter in order to get favorable winds to sail their ships. Crazy people!
Our last stop of the day was Nafplion. The water of the Aegean sea was gorgeous here.
The entire hillside was covered in cacti- Brig managed to find some great uses for it.
Brigham rang the bell in the Acronauplia- a giant fortress- to let the town know that all was well.
Mmmmm! This girl loves ice cream.
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