Let the Games Begin
Olympia Ὀλυμπία When we checked into our hotel she asked if we had a nice drive. It was windy I replied. Did you come up the mountains? Mmm. I think so. Ah, there is a highway that is much easier. Well at lest Lindsay had fun. We had a diesel Peugeot 308, an auto which is unusual for Europe as they are usually manual, but he could drive it in manual, which of course he did, zipping along the narrow windy roads. After driving a truck and a 35’ 5th Wheel for the last six months, he loved it. He had asked the people at Avis if the Greeks were polite drivers, they didn’t quite understand him, so he had to rephrase his question. Aggressive they said but the Italians are worse. No problem. We’ve driven in Italy, so it couldn't be any worse. View from our room We did wonder why there wasn’t much traffic on the road. Now we knew. There were tour buses galore in the town of Olympia which I couldn’t picture coming up the route we came. With only one night planned here we need...