Back on the mainland.

Well, little did we know, but the seaman of Greece decided to strike while we were on Kefalonia. Luckily, the strike ended a full hour and 45 minutes before we had to catch the ferry off Kefalonia. We were both happy to see this bad boy pulling into port. 

So, on our way back to Athens we decided to do some sightseeing by driving south, first to ancient Olympia, then through the Peloponnese to Athens. Olympia was a cool site, not the best ruins I've seen, but to be there, at the site of the first Olympic Games, and where they currently have the torch lighting ceremony was pretty neat.  

All of the archeological sites across Greece were free today and will be tomorrow also, so that was a nice bonus. But even with that incentive, it's launching into the slow season here, so the ruins were quiet and it was easy to escape people.  Some pictures below from our visit. 

Between the pillars, the day was heating up when we were visiting, so we stuck to the shade whenever possible!

Original mosaics still preserved. 

Going for the gold (or let's be honest, bronze) at the original Olympic stadium. 

After a somewhat lengthy drive across the Peloponnese, we arrived back in Athens, returned our rental car and checked into our last hotel of the trip for a full day of sightseeing tomorrow.

The view of the Acropolis from our hotel room, we will explore that in the morning!