What's new to see in Greece? Archimedes' Museum is in the centre of ancient Olympia. You can see the spot where they light the flame which is carried to the modern Olympic games. The museum is surrounded by broken bits of ancient Greece, walls, columns and so on. There's a lot of that in Greece. But most fascinating is the Archimedes museum.
Archimedes you probably learned at school is credited with inventing the Archimedes screw which lifted water, a viral rather like a corkscrew bottle opener but encased in a tube. Going upwards instead of down, to lift the water. However, Archimedes was aa prolific inventor. A bit like Edison later in America, who was credited with inventing the light bulb but spent his life inventing things.
The Names Olympia and Peloponnese
Where is Ancient Olympia? On the Peloponnese peninsular. (How do you remember the spelling? Which is the double letter? I think of Pelop on knees. Double N.)
In Greek the site is known as Olympia Archaia. (From the Greek word root we get our English word archaic meaning old).
I searched on the internet to see how many places are known as Olympia. The modern city of Olympia is the capital of Washington state on the west coast of the USA.
In London, Olympia is a large exhibition hall. The railway station alongside is known as 'Kensington (Olympia)'.
Flights to Olympia from London
British Airways goes from Heathrow to Kalamata. The fare was under £100 one way. Strangely the return was not £200 but nearer £400. However, an internet search revealed a flight on Easy Jet back from Kalamata to Gatwick for about £100.
Now, British Airways sounds a bit grander than Easy Jet. But for convenience, why not book both ways on Easy Jet? Because the flight from Gatwick left too early in the morning - one would have had to leave London before the underground trains started running.
(If you were starting from the USA, or from London, not on a budget, you might fly to Heathrow or Gatwick and stay at a hotel overnight.)
However, our travellers were starting from London. The trains back to north London or the north of England from Gatwick went one of two routes involving a change in south or west London. (Two passengers who took the trip via London were carrying rucksacks - on a budget one week trip on a walking holiday around Greece.)
More details on the museums from:
Archimedes you probably learned at school is credited with inventing the Archimedes screw which lifted water, a viral rather like a corkscrew bottle opener but encased in a tube. Going upwards instead of down, to lift the water. However, Archimedes was aa prolific inventor. A bit like Edison later in America, who was credited with inventing the light bulb but spent his life inventing things.
Where is Ancient Olympia? On the Peloponnese peninsular. (How do you remember the spelling? Which is the double letter? I think of Pelop on knees. Double N.)
In Greek the site is known as Olympia Archaia. (From the Greek word root we get our English word archaic meaning old).
I searched on the internet to see how many places are known as Olympia. The modern city of Olympia is the capital of Washington state on the west coast of the USA.
In London, Olympia is a large exhibition hall. The railway station alongside is known as 'Kensington (Olympia)'.
Flights to Olympia from London
British Airways goes from Heathrow to Kalamata. The fare was under £100 one way. Strangely the return was not £200 but nearer £400. However, an internet search revealed a flight on Easy Jet back from Kalamata to Gatwick for about £100.
Now, British Airways sounds a bit grander than Easy Jet. But for convenience, why not book both ways on Easy Jet? Because the flight from Gatwick left too early in the morning - one would have had to leave London before the underground trains started running.
(If you were starting from the USA, or from London, not on a budget, you might fly to Heathrow or Gatwick and stay at a hotel overnight.)
However, our travellers were starting from London. The trains back to north London or the north of England from Gatwick went one of two routes involving a change in south or west London. (Two passengers who took the trip via London were carrying rucksacks - on a budget one week trip on a walking holiday around Greece.)
More details on the museums from:
www.kotsanas.com
visitgreece.gr
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, speaker.
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