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

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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