We Have A Winner!!!

Bo has just earned himself $75 for identifying Olympia, Greece.

We visited there on our cruise of the eastern Mediterranean in October of 2000. Our ship docked at Katakolon a small seaside village on the western coast of the Peloponnese, Greece's largest peninsula. It is the gateway to one of ancient Greece's most notable historic landmarks, ancient Olympia. The first Olympiad took place there in 776 B.C. and continued until AD 393. That's 1,169 years. The Games were symbolic of the unity of all the Greek states and inspired the "Olympic Truce," a time period when if, during the games a war was taking place, all hostilities were temporarily suspended. Along with the games the site was the chief center of religious worship. There were temples to many Greek gods, the most celebrated was the Olympieum, which is dedicated to Zeus. Grandpa is sitting on part of ruins of this temple which holds the Olympic flame (which, by the way, is still lit every four years before the modern Olympic Games).

CONGRATULATIONS, BO.

To the victor go the spoils. The money's already in your account.