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A detour to Sparta (Sparti)
... stop in one town an elderly lady and her grand daughter standing outside a shop were both staring at our car with a look of surprise. The elderly lady was pointing at our car, obviously she was thinking ‘who are they?”.
Driving along and some roads were quite scary, very narrow and lots of windy roads. We stopped to take a photo of a guy with his sheep. He was cool and let us take a photo of him!
Dimitri (gps) sent ...
Relaxing trip to Agios Andreas
... the harbour and sandy beach.
Going in a totally different direction towards Kalamata there is a roundabout just before the turn off to old Messini. Here there is a huge market selling everything you could think of for households. It was mainly for the locals in the area so was thankfully not at all touristy.We bought some odds and ends and then drove up to old Messini, an amazing site with ruins still being restored by archaeologists. There was also a ...
On the beach, you can live in bliss
... and we couldn’t we had to make our own directions. Luckily, this wasn’t too ************* Lee caught on and we were on our merry way, once again. The border to Albania wasn’t too far away and we soon found ourselves there without anymore hassle. To those who don’t know, if you drive between countries that are in the European Union, there is no border control. Once you go to enter one that isn’t in the EU, things aren’t so easy. We waited ...
A day at home
... the sound of the scooter and saw that my helper was on his way and would be there before me. I overtook a man carrying a beautiful carved wood staff. I asked him whether it had been made by the shepherd we all know and he confimed that it had. We exchanged a few words and I went on. It was already warm, the clear blue sky enhancing the pink oleanders that line the road to the grove; ...
The end of the promenade
... told of the sea coming right up to their garden walls and it must have been frightening. More of the large tamarisk trees have been uprooted. They can withstand wind and salty air, but split easily as they grow old.
It is a sad sight, sadder than usual, and I wonder at the newly built apartments and bungalows further inland but not much higher than the sea level.
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