May 3 - Mountain Day

I will divide this day's activities into two posts.  Mystras and everything else.  This is everything else.

We drove through very windy mountain roads - and it was beautiful.  I was so glad that we were not driving. 

This photo shows 5 layers of roads.  There were many S curves on this road.

Our stop for photos included this monument.

On the way down the other side of the mountain we were stopped by this herd of goats.

 After our visit to Mystras (Next post) - we went to Sparta for lunch.  Very little remains of the ancient city of Sparta - we did not go to see any spots.  But today's Sparta is supposed to be built on the exact location of the original Sparta.

We did see modern Spartans - and also a couple of statues.

 More views of the town.

Our last stop of the day was at the Olive Oil Museum.  Since I don't even like olives - it was not of that much interest to me.  But other members of the family love olives and enjoyed the museum.

Lia was entertained by taking photos with her Dad's camera.  Alexis and Natasha are printing out olive oil recipes.

Another hands on display - Natasha loved going round and round.