Olympia prepares for the lighting of the Olympic flame

There was an unusual crowd this Monday morning in the streets of the small town of Olympia, colorful with flags of Greece, France and other nations. A great day of excitement under a truly summer sun with a continuous flow of spectators rushing towards the site where the Olympic Games took place in ancient times. It was a day of dress rehearsal for the ceremony which will take place this Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. local time) with the lighting of the flame in ancient Olympia. A codified ceremony, a nod to Antiquity but which is in fact a modern invention. With not necessarily good intentions at the start.