The Greco Gazette Online -- The Olympian Village Resort


	For the last week of our trip, we stayed at the Olympian Village, a relatively new resort on the west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula. As it was part of our German travel agency-planned package, there were a lot of Germans there, but it was lovely.

						Above, Jim relaxes on the back porch of our room as the sun sets. We had a private pool that was just shared with three other rooms -- very nice for swimming laps in the morning!

	Above, a view of one of the public pools at the resort. Right, Dad, Mom, and Jim at dinner our first night at the resort. The dining room had most of its seating outside, which was lovely in the cool evenings. For more information about the resort, see their website at www.aldemarhotels.com.


						Above, the Olympian Village's beach, looking north. We did actually go in the water one of the days; it was cold but not unbearable, and the water is quite shallow for quite a distance, which made it good for body surfing! Left, an obstacle that we encountered a few times, goats (or in this case, sheep) being herded across the road on the way to our the resort.


	Since we faced west, we got to watch the sunset from the resort every night. The photo on the right showed an unusual night in that, because of the strong wind, visibility was very good and you could actually see the island of Zakynthos (on the left) and the clouds above the island of Kefallonia (on the right).