Peloponnesos Fly and Drive 3th Day

Through a fantastic scenery we drive today to the mountain village Dimitsana. But first we go to the old Olympia with it's museum. The excavation is enormous and impressive, but they could have restored just a little bit more.
We leave Olympic behind us and start driving into the mountains. We first start off for the Apollo temple near Vasse. It is a big disappointment when we finally arrive there and find out that the temple is all covered with a tent. Inside the tent (500 drahme each) we face the second disppointment, because the temple is also totally surrounded by scaffolding. But through all of the iron you can see that it must have been quit a building.
The day continuous with yet another disappointing event. We thought to enjoy lunch in Andritsana, but it was terrible. Fortunate that was the last of that series of events.
Above the village Karitena we climbed to the castle (remains) on a hughe rock. It was a bit warm, but the view made it worth while and as a reward we were offered a nice cold glass of water in the local Taverna.
From here the route goes straight to Dimitsana over a 25 km long road. It is very quit and count only 4 cars. Dimitsana is a small village high up in the mountains, with a nice view over the surroundings. The temperature is wonderfull and after we have had diner, together with a couple who is doing the same trip, we enjoy a very quiet good night sleep.
 

This picture was take in Olympia. It is a part of the Palaestra.

Dimitsana is a beatiful mountain village. It is situated on a hight of about 1000m. en gives you a great view on the narrow valley through which a small river flows. High above the village ther is a monastry, where moncks around 1800 started to produce gunpowder for the sake of rebellion againsr the Trukisch regime. The hills of the Menalo-mountain are covered with pine-forest.Together with the luxurious houses it looks like Zwitserland or Austria.

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