Celeste Reed
Today we traveled to Olympia, Greece. After a long bus ride from our hotel in Delphi, we visited the ancient ruins where the Olympic Games began. It was so beautiful traveling down the mountain toward the bridge to Patras and along the coast. This was probably one of my favorite parts of the trip thus far. When we arrived at Olympia, our tour guide Andi gave us a brief history lesson about the games. We learned that women were not allowed to compete (which would have made me angry had I lived in Ancient Greece). This was because the men ran naked. Overall, we learned many interesting things about the games, and we wrapped up our tour by racing in the stadium. Shane, Cassie, Phil, Dr. Jean and I competed; I came in second after Shane and was crowned with a branch headpiece. It was an informative and exciting day.
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