18/10 - We drove to Olympia to visit the arena where the first ever Olympics were held in 776 BC (2791 years ago). The games were held in honour of Zeus, and held every 4 years. People from all over Greece came to watch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z36j7ty - Lots of cool information on the ancient Greek Olympics. We ran races where the ancient Greeks ran and I won 2! We saw lots of rubble.

The running track

20/10 - We went for a walk along a gorge and saw some Greek villages. They were all made of stone and looked half abandoned.



23/10 - We drove to Nafplio and had Souvlaki for lunch/tea. Souvlaki is meat kebabs with pita breads. It is a delicious traditional Greek food. We wandered round the old town and looked at worry beads. Worry beads are beads on string that you fiddle with to pass time. They are very Greek.

Worry beads

Souvlaki

24/10 - We visited some museums in Nafplio and the fortress. We saw the Archeological museum first. There was lots of pots, glass beads, gold coins and even the oldest bronze armour in the world! We went to the Peloponnesian folklore foundation museum after. There were lots of pretty dresses. We had lunch and then walked up 998 steps to the fortress to look around it. It is only 300 years old.

The fortress

Greek dresses

A pot

The oldest bronze armour in the world

More pots

One of my favourite dresses

What Greek men wore

25/10 - We drove to Mycenae to see some rubble on a very windy hill. Mycenae is 3215 years old. We then drove to Epidavros to see the theatre. The theatre has 57 rows of seats and amazing acoustics. We then went to see the rest of the rubble and made up what it was. It was fun.

Mycenae

Epidavros theatre