Greece on a coach tour

Kalee-spera all,

Touring Greece, yay!

Day 1 consisted of meeting the tour guide & other travellers at 6pm for a short talk about the trip - I did an open top bus tour of Athens & quite a bit of solo sightseeing.
Day 2  was a free day or an optional day cruise - I decided to do my own thing & went on a continuation of yesterday's bus tour to Pireaus Port, had lunch there, took photos, then hopped on the bus back to Athens. Good value, €20= for both trips combined & I had time to walk as well.
Day 3, finally we did a highlights tour of Athens & visited the Acropolis with an excellent guide. Then at last we started travelling, first to the Corinth Canal which looked great. Would you believe, you can bungy jump there! Those Kiwis have a lot to answer for, eh. We stayed overnight in Nauplia.
Day 4 we stopped in Epidaurus to visit the open air theatre which still can seat 14,000 spectators, then travelled on for a guided visit to Mycenae. The description says, a city fortress cursed by the gods but rich in gold & warrior kings! In the afternoon we went into the Peloponnese to Sparta. We wandered around the ruins there, the Theatre of Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Acropolis, stayed in Sparta overnight.
Day 5 we drove to the medieval Byzantine citadel of Mystras, visited the ruins & did a fair amount of climbing, clambering up to the castle then wound our way down again. Lots to see there, enjoyed the hiking, enjoyed seeing the Byzantine style of architecture with the domes. In the arvo on to Olympia for a leisurely dinner & overnight, with pool!
Day 6 was an optional tour of Olympia, where the athletes of antiquity performed in honour of the king of deities, so the advertising said, lol. I chose not to do that & wandered around the town instead with a few of the others. Arvo was on the Patras Port, again interesting to look around. Followed the coast road through fishing villages, one was Nafpaktos which I liked so photos on fb. We crossed the 'spectacular Rionantirion Bridge' & stayed overnight in Delphi. Another pool!
Day 7 we had a guided tour of the archeological site of Delphi which was great. Also went through the Museum, photos on fb. After that it was a long day driving through Lamia, Trikala in Thessaly to overnight in Kalambaka, another pool but much too cold for me. Where it rained, stormed, thundered, & lighteninged just as some of us were going to go for a walk after dinner. So now I'm sitting in the lobby writing my blog. Aren't you all so lucky?

I am enjoying the tour & the varied company. Some nice people on this trip. Sadly not my room share but I'm mostly in the room just to sleep so that's okay. Tomorrow is Day 8, another instalment to come. Wifi has again been a bit dodgy at some of the hotels which is why I'm sitting in the lobby. It's still raining so I guess no walking tonight.

I hope you're all well & happy.

Andio!