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OOPS, One More Interesting Greek Island
... century BC, dedicated to a local goddess who was later associated with Athena.
We then went to the Monastery of Agios Nectarios. You will find this hard to believe but it is a 20th century AD building.
Aegina is best known for growing pistachio ...
A Sailor's Paradise
... bungee jumping (not that I would have been allowed to anyway, but on my own that would have happened so hard). Instead we just took pictures and understood the geographical significance of a canal that bypasses 200 miles of perilous sea, with the latter taking quite a bit less time than the former. Then we got to see the ancient folks equivalent of the canal: in spite of a few people toying around with the idea of it, sans dynamite it ...
Corinth In June
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I slept well though, as always here, and was able to eat breakfast at the hotel next morning before taking a taxi the short distance to the suburban railway station, from where I made the journey to the international airport, for my flight back to Gatwick.
So ended another trip to the Peloponnese, and a very sunny, colourful and happy ...
Making the most of the old and the new.
The journey that I take regularly still gives surprises. Among all the concrete that makes up Corinth, I came across an old railway carriage converted to a living space. By the old railway station which was close to the city centre and port, there are still carriages, and the old tracks. I remember when I came along those tracks, nearly 15 years ago, thinking how quaint they ...
Architecture and Sculpture in Corinth, Greece
... like the design shops there. There may be a recession in Greece yet there is commerce here, and if some places are closing then there are also new places opening.
It was touching too, to buy pies at a bakery, receive a sesame seed ring as a gift and remember that the Greek spirit is indomitable.
In the evening I chose a light meal - a Cretan salad at one of the more modern restaurants in Corinth. It ...
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