Arrr, the Olympic flame be makin' a rest stop at the Acropolis afore headin' to Paris for handover!
2024-04-19
Arrr mateys! The fiery torch bound for the Paris 2024 Olympics be restin' at the Acropolis in Athens tonight afore settin' sail for France next week. May it light the way for all ye scurvy athletes in their quest for glory!
Arr mateys! The flame that be burnin' at the Olympics be spendin' the night at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, a week afore its handover to Paris 2024 organizers. In a break in the heavy rain, a torchbearer lit a cauldron in front o' the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple, on the citadel that rules the Athens skyline and be Greece’s top tourist spot.The flame will rest there until Saturday mornin', when the champagne-colored torch sails to Delphi, an important ancient Greek religious center, afore headin' to Volos in central Greece. Lit on Tuesday at the ancient birthplace o' the Games in Olympia, the flame be carried 'round Greece by a line o' torchbearers, travelin' by ferry or plane.The flame be handed over to French officials the followin' Friday at the ancient marble stadium where the first modern games were held in 1896. It'll board the Belem, a French three-masted sailin' ship built in 1896, to be taken to France. The flame be set to arrive in Marseille on May 8, makin' its way through France afore the openin' ceremony in Paris on July 26. Arrr!