Today we hit the archeological site of Olympia, home of the first Olympic games. When we left Pylos it was raining, and right from the beginning people were wondering what the weather was going to be like in Olympia. Will it be raining? they asked. We stopped for coffee and cookies (I bought 3. They were delicious.) and someone asked, "what time does the rain start in Olympia?" And I said, it's not going to rain. The weather was nice and sunny. After touring the museum, our tour guide walked us through Olympia, itself, she glanced at a cloud in the sky and said, "you may want to hurry before it starts to rain," and I said, "it's not going to rain." Later, I reminded Christos, our tour leader that I'd told him it wasn't going to rain. πππ
I learned so much today: gym, as in gymnasium and gymnastics comes from the Greek word meaning naked. Doesn't that add a spin to what that pommel horse guy did in this past summer's Olympics? Stadium comes from Greek word meaning "to stand." The stadium in Olympia could hold 45,000 men (no women) standing. Just imagine that many men standing there, watching sports for the entire day, I'm betting whoever had the wine bar concession made out like bandits.
Seriously, seeing the statuary in the museum was enough to make me tear up. The only words I could say were "Oh, my Gosh!"
Let's start off with Hermes, whose sculptor used leather and fine grit to give him his sheen.
I LOVE those statues. Is that a centaur I can make out in the one shot??? Just stunning!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a centaur. The long pic depicts a fight between gods and drunken centaurs.
DeleteThe statutes are gorgeous, but then, you know, nekkid men.
ReplyDeleteKamala won the minute she said people leave his rallies before they end because of boredom ... and cue meltdown.
She clicked all the right buttons. Simply wonderful.
DeleteI know you're on a wonderful vacation, but you missed a treat by not watching the debate! I popped popcorn and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Donald Dump was ranting and raving about immigrants eating dogs and cats (!!) and then another time he said Kamala was going to let immigrants in to get free sex change operations LOL!!!!! Unhinged doesn't even begin to describe him.
ReplyDeleteI saw the clip where he was talking about eating cats and dogs, and not only was she laughing, but you could hear the moderators laughing as well.
DeleteOlympia is one of the great archaeological sites in Greece and it’s hard to believe they built everything without modern day machinery.
ReplyDeleteThe sculptures are superb and larger than expected.
Kamala k’od Trump. Trump needs to eat , what was it that Rush Limbaugh called it ? Oh yes !, pablum. Lots and lots of pablum. :) -Rj
Oh, gorge!!!
ReplyDeleteThose statues! EVERYBODY looks less beautiful in comparison. What an awesome vacay.
And yes, Kamala literally swept the floor with Cheeto's hairplugs. He was LIVID. Oh, you should have seen his face. That woman laughed in his FACE.
Now, the conspiracy theories to explain why he did so bad? You'll have a ball.
And I want a Swiftie friendship bracelet with Harrys/Walz in it...
XOXO