Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Greece - Athens & Olympia

Athens:

Athens wasn't a particularly attractive city. That being said, it has been inhibited continuously for over seven thousand years and the Acropolis was a magnificent sight.

The Parthenon in the Acropolis:

That's Athens behind us:

Olympia:

Olympia was the venue for the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.
This is where they practiced wrestling - its this kind of moves that won Bill sixth place in the Washington State High School Wrestling Tournament in 1992 (141 lbs class). Ah, the glory:
This is the original start line to the 200 meters track in the stadium:

3 comments:

Ricky Bobby said...

You know, in ancient Greece they wrestled naked. They used different moves back then.

Bill said...

That's what I tried to tell Jeeheon

Anonymous said...

Your next stop should be the Parthenon in Memphis. No joke - it exists!

Lil and Greg