Katakolon Travel Blogs

Italy, Turkey and Greece (just a few places I've seen) This was my first cruise and first time traveling out of the states. It was an deal first experience for me.

After another night on the Mediterranean Sea we made it to Katakolon. This is the harbor when cruise ship want to bring their guest near Ancient Olympia. We did a little shopping here after our crazy taxi trip to the ruins. Quick story: We get off the ship and are still not sure if we're going to e…

This is by far the hottest, sweatiest, most amazing trip that I've ever been on. It was the first time I had left the country (not counting Puerto Rico) and the first time I had visited Europe, and somewhat of the Middle East for that matter. I got to experience all sorts of cultures, see how my ancestors lived in Italy, chow down on some icecream in Dubrovnik, and have the best meal of my life in the everlasting city of Istanbul....MI AMORE!!!

I was very excited to stop in my first achaeological museum in Greece. This is something I had always dreamed of eventually seeing and I couldn't believe I was finally here!  Our tour for the day included a stop at the museum and then on to the actual site of Olympia!  I was in awe when w…

We made good time since leaving Santorini yesterday and we were already docked in Katakolon (ka-TA-ko-LON), Greece when I woke up this morning.  The only real adventure for the day was a morning trip out to Olympia, the location of the original ‘games’.  We saw the site on a pre-booke…