The Olympic Torch, Agios Nikolaos, Crete 18-04-24
A time for Traditional
Cretan dress and a few
“Selfies”
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….
Okay, I know it’s been “Photoshopped” but just had to
see it lit without all the crowd around it!
The Choir gave an amazing
performance of The Greek, French
and Olympic Anthems
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.