Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wednesday in Greece

Sorry, we are a little slow in getting this stuff posted.

This is a traditional Greek Breakfast


On Wednesday we woke up and went to the Mycenaean tombs believed to be the people of Agamemnon, who took on Sparta in the battle for Troy. (remember the movie Troy?)

Entrance to the Mycenaean ruins 

Entrance to the tomb believed to belong to King Agamemnon


Mycenaean Tombs

Video of the Mycenaean ruins


We then went on to Epidaurus to see the site of the oldest Greek theater.

The Thearter of Epidaurus built in the 4th Century B.C. 

View from the top 



We finally returned to Nauplia for a free evening.  At dinner we learned that apparently Greeks enjoy breaking plates on purpose and yelling "Opa!!!!" (which is a tradition that goes way back and has lots of different reasons for which it started... but mostly now days it's used as a way to celebrate at a party or a wedding)


No comments:

Post a Comment