This was the start of the Seeger Travel and we began at the base of the Acropolis exploring the new Acropolis Museum which is not yet opened but which is built on top of an excavation (and it is possible to walk atop the excavation and look down, an odd feeling).

After an obligatory phone booth picture, we left Athens and went to the Gulf of Corinth where we were able to look down on the canal which had been constructed

before we went to the archaeological site at Nemea where the main event was the temple in the distance and we made our way through pieces of columns and then explored the temple in deep and exciting detail

as our guide, Steve Miller, gave us a wonderful tour based on his 30+ years of work on the site and we kept looking at columns in various stages of reconstruction (at about $1M per column)

which amazed the group and Suzanne and Sarah Ben and Suzanne as Steve Miller told us more about the base columns they first found before taking us to the shop where we saw how their reconstruction was done.

Next we went to the ancient stadium and entered the area where the athletes oiled their bodies and removed their clothes before going to the field where the races occurred

and lining up for the race

while respecting the technology build to prevent false starts and after the race began I was able to record Ben and Sarah on the course before turning attention to the tunnel from which athletes emerged and the hill back to the bus on which this lovely oleander stood.

Lunch was at a local restaurant captured in film and image before we had baked tomato and cheese peppers tsatsiki wine Greek salad and burgers and fries (with a wonderful story about Yaya's fries) for the carnivores with zucchini and fresh fruit for the others.

Back on the bus, we made our way to Nafplion where these pastries were waiting in the hotel room which had these features highlighted by movable shades in the shower through which you could watch your room mate. But the view from the room was excellent

though I eventually had to wake Ben up and eat his pastries so that we could wander through the town squares and take pictures of Becca and Shirley and then a family photo before we discovered the gelateria that Dolla had recommended and as Suzanne held my gelato I recorded this religious scene and we then moved on to a photo of most of the group and as I replaced Suzanne in the group I was able to get a passerby to take a picture of all of us before we went to the evening's concert and then had massive fish for dinner.