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Overseas Adventure Travel Pre-Trip September 16-21, 2012
Ancient Glories:
Olympia, Nafplion & Athens
Overseas Adventure Travel Pre-Trip September 16-21, 2012
September 16 Athens, Greece
Athens
Our guide,Sophia
Our driver,Stratos
Good morningKalimera kah-lee-MEHR-
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The St. George Lycabettus Hotel on the highest hill in Athens
kleomenous 2, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
September 17, 2012 View from the hotel
City of Athens
City of Athens
City of Athens
Zapeion - dormatories of athletes for the first modern Olympic games
The Runner
Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown
Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown
Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown
Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel
Theater of Herod Atticos
Erechthium
Erechthium
Erechthium
The Parthenon, one of the most architecturally perfect structures in the world
The Parthenon
The Parthenon
Ionic ColumnEast Pediment of
Parthenon
The Grave of Philopolis 2nd C AD
Theater of Herodes Atticus
Temple of Hephetus
Church of Apostles 11 C A.D.
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Plaka
Plaka
Plaka
Plaka
Tower of Winds Water Clock
The Mask of Agamemnon
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Diadumenos
Outside the museum
Outside the museum
Outside the museum
September 18, 2012 Athens to Nafplion
Corinth Canal, begun in 7th C. BC, gateway to the Peloponnese, links the
Aegean with the Gulf of Corinth
Construction was abandoned, then begun again, and completed in 1893.
Tuna Farms.
Epidauros, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
14,000 seat theater with perfect acoustics
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Nafplion, a seaside town nestled between mountains and the Gulf of Argolis
Nafplion was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic
Nafplion
Nafplion
Nafplion
Nafplion
Nafplion
Nafplion
Nafplion Worry Bead Museum
View from the hotel
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September 19, 2012 Nafplion to Olympia
MycenaeA UNESCO World Cultural and Natural
Heritage site
“The two citadels are linked with the Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey that affected European art and literature for more than three millennia.”
Mycenae
Tholos or “beehive” tomb“Treasury of Atreus” or the “Tomb of Agamemnon” – built around 14th C BC
The “Treasury” of Atreus
Underground Cistern
Pottery Store
OlympiaSeptember 19, 2012
Entrance to Olympic Stadium
Entrance to Olympic Stadium
Olympic StadiumCapacity: 50,000
5th Century BC
Olympics first held in honor of Zeus, beginning 776 BC
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OlympiaSeptember 20, 2012
September 21, 2012 Olympia to Athens
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MuseumHerakleidon
Victor Vasarely is considered the leader of Op Art (opticokinetic art) a mathematically themed abstract art form
Maurits Cornelis Escher 1898 – 1972A Dutch graphic artist known for drawing “impossible reality”
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Benakis family mansion
“the only museum in Greece that brings visitors through all ages of Greek culture and history”
The New Museum of the Acropolis
The 92 Metopes depicted legendary battles
The West and South Frieze of the Parthenon
The Caryatids, maidens supporting the roof of the Erechtheion, the most sacred area of the Acropolis
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Michele John Chris Stephen