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Greece (Patras, Olympia, Kalamata, Mystros)

The last Gigante Pizza meal in Italy (Eric, Mark, Paul)
We took the night ferry from Brindisi, Italy to Patras, Greece
After a rough night on the sea, we made it
Welcome to Greece
Home of Feta cheese and Kalamata olives
And the best 'Greek' salads in the world (Roma: Eat yer heart out Rolf)
'Toot toot' goes the ancient train to Olympia
Welcome to Olympia, home of the original Olympic games
Where we explored the old town ruins
Which today is just a big field of scattered rocks
More scattered rocks
Some structures still remain intact
Eric sprints the track in 29.9 seconds
I follow up with a heart pounding time of 32.7 seconds
Wow! The temple of zeus
Mark plays the trusty tour guide
Eric, 'Hey I wanna be in the picture too'
The haphazard and luggage spilling bus to Kalamata
First stop Pyrgos...
Where for hours Mark listens closely as Tariq turns Cornholio and prophesizes muslim religeon
Back on the road to Kalamata
Where I spent my first 'real hotel' night
Welcome to Mystros
A Bysantine mountainside empire full of natural beauty...
Resident nuns and old churches...
Renee admires the cats
and, ofcourse weathered ruins
We climbed to the mountaintop castle
Looking down on the city of Sparta
Where we witnessed an incredible sunset
Amazing how the colors change after sunset
Churches, churches and more churches
Walking down is alot easier then climbing up
Waiting for the bus (Renee, Eric, Mark)