Aktaion Monemvasia

... village connected to the mainland by a little causeway. The island consist of an enormous, rock cliff with a fairly level plateau on top and from a distance it looks like a giant rock in the ocean. Because of its appearance it is often called the “Gibraltar” of Greece. Originally, there was a thriving Venetian town built in the 1600s on top of the rock and down one side of the cliffs. The town was the scene of much fighting ...

POLSKI: Po Sparcie udalismy sie w strone jaskin Diros. Ominelismy (podobno piekna) Mistre, bo w slonecznym skwarze zlapalismy dwoch Bulgarow - muzykow, ktorzy o 13tej przywiezli nas do Githionu. Mieli cos do zalatwienia (czy raczej: do zagrania;)), wiec umowilismy sie z nimi na dalsza jazde po 16tej. Tymczasem poszlismy poplywac. Wyczytalam w moim przewodniku, ze na wyspie, na ktora doszlismy, zaczal sie romans Heleny i Parysa, a tym samym ...

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 ...

Thursday 8th. We are the only guests, and we are treated to a family breakfast. Most of the Spireas Family joins with us, their daughter is fluent in English, and she entertains us during our wonderful repast. Breakfast isn't included in the room rate, but the € 2.50 price tag is more than reasonable. After some photography in the exuberant garden, we take the narrow alleys behind the hotel to visit Old Kardimili. On the way we see an elderly lady up ...

... small villages dotted along the coast - all looking very picturesque - and we see the Ohi Day celebrations taking place in all of them. There's not much tourism here, just the villages and a few holiday housing settlements that seem to be largely owned by Greeks. Despite its beauty, and probably because it has so few beaches, this coast does not appear to have been "discovered" by the package holiday European crowds that cram the Greek Islands in the summer ...

... never considered this to be a beach vacation but what do you know?!? The food has been fabulous everywhere we go. Not a bad meal yet. The people in Greece take eating very serious and spend hours eating and involved in conversation. A much slower and seemingly happier pace than what us Americans are used to. In Naplio we ...

... I also had originally planned to take a bus or buses across the peninsula where Nafplio is located and then take a ferry to Piraeus, where I was booked to catch a ferry to Crete on April 5. I scrapped that plan when I learned it would take at least two buses and three ferries to reach Piraeus that way. I had not wanted to sully my fond memories of Athens from my backpacking days in the 1970s (a golden age of cheap travel, many sources say) by revisiting the ...

... other one steered. And yes, we did manage to film them!<br><br>Our first night was in Plaka, a tiny port with a improbably massive 2000 person techno nightclub, which we believe gets opened specially on Sunday nights for our flotilla! Then it was on to Ierakas, even tinier with a harbour hidden in a split in the cliffs, not easy to find. Monemvasia is spectacular from the sea with the buildings clinging to the ...

I discovered years ago that an essential to comfortable cycle-touring was a good map with well-marked contours. Unfortunately I was well into the countryside before I realised that my map of the Peloponese had contours every 300 meters. Thus, Wales would have looked flat. Usually, however, one can usually overcome such small irritations by looking at the lie of the road on the map. If it does lots of zig-zagging then its' a pretty fair bet that the road is going up ...

It is September, and we have decided to visit MANI this time. Our first stop is at GYTHIO, where we have lunch. Gythio is a beautiful port and so our lunch includes my favorite dish which is KALAMARI, sea shells, mussles, and of course my favorite starter OUZO.