Dantis Peloponnese

HERE IS THE END OF MY SUMMER DESTINATIONS 2009 Blog.

I can admit, I went to more places than I expected. It was fun each time, and I really need to stay a bit at home now before my next trip. Again the coming trip comes sooner than I expected it to be.

EVIA, Greece greekcypriot

... the empire, Constantine the XI was crowned here in 1449 before the fall to the Ottomans in 1453. The churches have intact frescos and the 3 walls keep out the invading barbarians.
Our next town was another mideval seaside village Monemvasia. It is a walled village with 26 churchs and only 8 inhabitants. It sits on a island which became seperated from the mainland in the earthquakes of 345 CE and is connected only by a narrow causeway. This makes it especially protected from invaders ...

The next morning, I took a bus to the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region, where I stayed for the next two nights. The bus drove by the Corinth Canal and through a number of small greek towns. Nafplio is a small town, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, with adorable streets, restaurants, and an impressive fortress looming over it. I arrived in the evening, and booked a room in the only hotel that offered shared accomodation. As it turns ...

So after my quick and eventful stay through Athens, it was time to hit the beaches and relax. My first stop was the island of Syros, part of the group of islands know as the Cyclades close to Athens coast. After a short ferry ride in which I talked with a nice Greece woman who now lives in Toranto and insisted on calling instanbul constantinople, I made my way to my pension I prebooked online. Unfortanetly, I thought the pension was in a ...

... From Wikipedia: The name of the athletic long-distance endurance race, the "marathon", comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been miraculously defeated in the Battle of Marathon in 490BC. According to Herodotus, the Greeks were outnumbered 100,000 to 11,000 and won thanks to the military genius of Miltiades. It is said that he ...

... new found Brazilian friends - Paul and Rachel. We only realised that we have met each other before in Poros after a chat over food. A pack of seagulls sent us back to Athens...there were so many of them... the people on the ship just kept feeding them... it was a sight indeed!

... was at the souvenir shop that I first got to know Uncle Warren. A great jolly fellow he is! We were tickled by his little witty outbursts on the bus. Our next stop was the Epidaurus Theatre. We were in awe. The theatres I only peered at in pictures! It reminded me of the Coloseum in Rome though of course, the purpose of the theatre was quite different. The Sanctuary of ...

Euböa ist mit einer flache von 3.772,9 km 2 und einer Bevölkerung von 215.316 Einwobnern die zweit größte griechische Insel. Sie hat eine Gesamtküstenlänge von 678 km und ist etwa 175 km lang und 8 bis 50 km breit. Zum Verwaltungsbezirk Euböa gehört auch die Insel Skyros, ein Kleiner Teil des Festandes sowie eine große Anzahl von Felseninseln. Eböa ist die Insel der Vielfalt und der Überraschungen. Der n ...

The Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BC with the intent of annexing Attica. However, the Athenians and a small contigent of Paltaians where victorious and defeated the Persians. The tumulus of the Athenians remains as well as Miltiades' victory column (well, the column is a ...

We took many photos of the boat at that stage, since there's not much to see or do in Kimi in mid-september, let's be honnest. A few are displayed here, among others you will appreciate the original 1964 life raft, one we're happy we didn't have to use ;-) (we were close twice though). Also, I remember we had a party that night and I still excpect your pictures, Tony ! No censorship accepted !