We will explore the history of the ancient and modern Olympic Games and their influence on modern sport through first hand exploration of Olympics sites. The students will visit major venues of past and present Olympic activities. London, Paris, Lausanne, Athens and Olympia the ancient home of the Greek Olympics.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Olympia
After breakfast at our hotel we went off to see the site of the Ancient Olympics. Our tour guide Robert was extremely knowledgeable about the site and was able to paint picture of what took place a few thousand years ago. After getting a tour of the site we went to a museum filled with artifacts from the Ancient Games which was pretty cool. We then had a little free time to explore the one street that makes up Modern Olympia before heading off to visit another museum with ancient Greek artifacts, of which there seems to be no shortage. Since it began to rain we went back to the hotel and decided that we were getting wet any way so we might as well take a dip in the pool and have some fun. Dinner of course was a highlight of the day, as we enjoyed some traditional Greek food. I personally enjoy how the Greeks eat because you can just keep ordering and ordering and the food will keep on coming. As it is whenever the entire group eats together there was a lot fun and a lot of laughter.
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