Jenn vs. The World

I'm not sure how many times I asked "where are all of the dead people?" during this excursion, but when we finally found some...I was almost satisfied. I've never felt so morbid, but all I really wanted to see were preserved people from Pompei and I soon found out they were all taken to a museum. Oh well, it was still a very neat experience walking through this ancient city that once existed and thrived.

plaster was inserted in the cavaties where the volcanic ash preseved the form of the bodies after they had decomposed.

bathroom in Ancient Pompei...

city of Pompei

a preserved person trying to cover their mouth from the volcanic ash

touring it up in Pompei...look at us being awesome escorts from Silver Sea

So this past cruise I made it my mission to escort as many tours as I possibly could. I signed up for one every day of this 10 day cruise. I went on 4, which was enough for me. It was exhausting. First was Ancient Olympia, Olympia Stadium, and the Archaeological Museum and Olympia Village.

Ancient Olympia is located in the middle of a fertile valley near the Alphios and Kladhios rivers, the site was a sanctuary even before the Olympic Stadium was built, and the games took place in the sacred area known as ‘Altis’. The area’s most imposing monument was the outstanding Temple of Zeus. It housed the god-and-ivory statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (from Description of tour)

The Olympia Stadium was one of my favorite parts of the tour. The tour guide asked our entire group if anyone wanted to run the track. The winner would get a crown of olive leaves. Being on the Silver Spirit, not too many people are spritely and young, so of course like the ridiculous person I am, I said I would run the track. I’m pretty sure I made a lot of elderly peoples day because when I was running back everyone was cheering and taking photos. Hilarious. I’m happy I did it though because how many people can say they ran on the track where the Olympics were first started? I can.

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where the training occurred

I recieved olive leaves for finishing my run

Our last part of the tour was to go to the Museum. The statues were incredible. It is beyond me how such intricacy was done without the tools we have today.

Nike

pretty much statues of raping and pilaging

Hercules fighting a bull

The second tour I did was a Jeep Excursion through Corfu. I might have fallen asleep a couple of times...but the sights were amazing.

a delicious snack

how is the view this amazing?

cyprus trees =)

There is not much else to tell about that excursion other than Corfu makes almost all of its money on tourists.

The third tour was a kayaking excursion in Montenegro! Needless to say, it was a great arm workout.

Lastly, I went on a Wine and Olive Oil Tasting tour in Civitavecchi that was not actually in Civitavecchi, but in Etruscan. It took about a good hour to get there, so I might have put my shades on and pretended to look out the window as I took a cat nap.