Monday 21 and Sunday 20

Monestary

 We were picked up at our apartment by Coskas in a less than ideal size vehicle. George had said we were all big and tall and needed a minivan and we were promised one. Well shall we say it was a mini mini. Team Washington and I cram into the back seat and poor George stuffs into the front for our two day driving adventure. Coskas and the greek drivers continue to terrify us as we pass on two lane roads going excessively fast while when possible the other car goes to the shoulder- when there is one. Coskas has little English so George got to interpret for us. First stop is a 2500 year old Monastery in the middle of a rural area. Beautiful and full of Byzantine art it is simply magnificient.

Next stop is Delphi. It is incredibly crowded. George and I scan the museum and skip the hike straight up the hill. Team Washington goes- a two hour hike in the sun- we are proud of them! We head to lunch at a beautiful place nearby overlooking an incredible valley. 

We see cute villages including a small fishing village and finally land in Nasf. The local soccer team won and had a fun celebration right outside our window at the ancient port while we were eating dinner. We had fun watching. Our hotel was nice and we enjoyed the evening.

Monks "cells"

Monastry

Winning soccer team

Fishing Village

 Up for a great breakfast and 2 hour backroad drive to Olympia. I had been there on my honeymoon cruise 20+ years ago and am amazed at the changes. Kerry and Karla enjoyed running the track. We beat the crowd this time. A great lunch and continued adventure through the countryside. Coskas figured our fear of the curvy back roads and gave us several choices- his least favorite the highway- which we jumped on! There are numerous tolls and we guess that was his hesitation. There were no visible speed limits and we got up to 164KM which is 99 miles an hour. A new record for all of us. This was still safer than the back road (filled with memorials) as there were hardly any cars on it. You can imagine many more stories but Ill save them and share more photos.

Tomorrow is Hydra!

olympic village

Olympic stadium

Yes Ladies- try to use this restroom!