The Olympic Torch on Crete, Greece

The Olympic Torch, Agios Nikolaos, Crete 18-04-24

A time for Traditional Cretan dress and a few “Selfies”

Okay, I know it’s been “Photoshopped” but just had to see it lit without all the crowd around it!

The Olympic “Cauldron” arrives on time - there was a time when runners had to ensure it never went out and carried it from place to place….

The Choir gave an amazing performance of The Greek, French and Olympic Anthems

Here’s a short video of the Olympic Torch leaving Agios Nikolaos

The Greek Olympics 2004

The 2004 Summer Olympics Torch Relay took the Olympic Flame across every habitable continent, returning to Athens, Greece. Every city which had hosted, will host, or coincidentally elected to host the Summer Olympics until the 2028 Summer Olympics was visited or revisited by the torch, as well as several other cities chosen for their international importance. The main reason why the torch relay went around the world was to highlight the fact that the Olympic Games were started in Greece (in ancient times) and in modern times have been held around the world and then took place in Greece in 2004. The relay was the first time the Olympic flame had travelled to Africa and South America. The flame was transported from country to country aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 747 leased from Atlanta Icelandic (Registration TF-ARO) called Zeus. On board the flame was carried and burned continuously in specially modified miners lamps. (Wikipedia)

The Olympic Torch, Neapoli 2004

This was a very special year for the Olympics and Neapoli was included in the Torch Relay and celebrations. Sadly, we have no written information to share about this event but Thanos Korompilias the owner of Fonien.gr very kindly supplied us with these archive images to share with you.