Glyfada Rooms Monemvasia

... and real history. Nothing had been renovated or re-made. Only the Hagia Sophia had had attempts at restoration. So different from other attractions where you’re left wondering if anything original remains. Sure, this stems from the result of lack of time and funds for restoration projects, but creates a wonderful haven for the imagination.

Brian has always had a wish when going through out buildings and different places. He would like ...

... there was a cat who was soo affectionate, she would actually climb your leg to try and get into your arms to be held. Thankfully, this was during the cold and rainy patch and I was wearing jeans.

Last night Brian woke up, and through the dim filtered light from other buildings could see a little curled up shadow of a cat - on the top of our tent! A perfect little kitty hammock with the warmth from us below and ...

... day.

The Brian does some work on the bikes - daily oiling of chains and anything else that needs doing while I continue packing up the panniers and start on some breakfast.

Wash up, tear down tent, load bikes and we’re ready to go!

Then it’s the joy of local scenery. The other day we had quite the climb up through hilly olive groves where young boys shouted ‘hello’ as they lovingly ...

... the mountains on a series of deserted dirt roads- not paved roads, but dirt roads that were in terrible shape. The problem was that we were already 2 hours into the drive and far away from any alternate route. We had a fairly full gas tank and drove slowly for many miles until finally finding a paved road again. So, what should have taken 3 hours took about 6 hours. However, we finally arrived at Monemvasia.

Monemvasia is actually a small ...

... Wojna Trojanska. Spedzilismy tam 3 godziny, pluskajac sie w krystalicznie czystej, lazurowej wodzie i odpoczywajac w cieniu drzew. A potem czas bylo ruszyc dalej, w strone jaskin Diros... ENGLISH: After Sparta we headed towards Diros Caves. We skipped (from what we`d heard - beautiful) Mistra, as in the sunny heat we managed to stop two Bulgarian guys - apparently musicians, that drove us to Githion. They were supposed to do sth there (or ...

My best friend during Elementary School was Nick Kastanias, whose family is proud of its Greek heritage. Nick's Dad (Mr. K) retired from his job in south Florida and moved back to Greece 11 years ago. He was nice enough to host and entertain me during my fantastic stay in Greece - which largely centered on his lovely hometown of ...

... complex was built by the Venetians in the early 1700's and is said to be one of the great military fortifications. It sprawls across the top of yet another massive vertical rock outcrop and consists of huge thick stone walls that follow the rock contour at the top of the outcrop (with a virtually sheer drop on the sea side!), with several citadels at strategic points. These citadels are independent of each other and even have arrow and gun slits ...

... before you. Pray that the road is long. That the summer mornings are many, when, with such pleasure, with such joy you will enter ports seen for the first time; stop at Phoenician markets, and purchase fine merchandise, mother-of-pearl and coral, amber and ebony, and sensual perfumes of all kinds, as many sensual perfumes as you can; visit many Egyptian cities, to learn and learn from scholars. Always keep Ithaca in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal. But do ...

... up the streets to where building is going on. Several of us climbed to the church, Agia Sophia and then went on to the Citadel. From here we could look down across the small bridge to where our purple bus was parked. It really seemed like we were up high. Great view! Water for this city was collected in Cisterns. Even with all the climbing we did, we only walked about five miles. This evening we all ate together at Pierros's restaurant. He is formerly ...

... of the large humped rock. However due to a force 6 and a jetty collapse we couldn't stop, so it was back upwind 10 miles to Ierakas and an excellent late night fish dinner. Oh well, we'll just have to go back via land! We then spent two nights at anchor, at Kiparissi which has the starriest sky ever against toothy cliffs, and finally round the corner from PH at Hinitsa Bay where I discovered that I am ...