Green Village Peloponnese

... the remains then headed to the onsite archaeological museum.

The Mycenae Archaeological Museum holds a small collection of artifacts dug up in the ancient city. We saw lots of pottery, practical items like knives and tools, some ancient mosaic artwork, jewelry, and ancient writing tablets. These writing tablets have the language called "Linear B" written on them. This language was a mystery until only 60 years ago when the code was cracked and it ...

... thing seemed kind of supernatural and fascinating. Even though the Temple wasn’t in the best condition (the walls weren’t there- just the foundations and the columns at the entrance) you could definitely still picture what it must have been like.

After seeing the Temple, we walked up to the theater. It was built in the 4th century B.C. and was used to host song contests honoring Apollo, the god of music. It has 35 rows of white stone quarried from Mt ...

... what I was looking at. The most impressive to me were the tholos (circular chamber-type) tombs. You can still walk inside these structures, which used to house the royal remains of Aegisthus, Klyemnestra and Agamemnon. Back in Nafplio, I took the steep climb up 890-plus stone steps to the 216-metre summit of the Palamidhi fortress. The view from the top of this fortress was absolutely breath-taking! After I climbed back down, I rewarded myself with a ...

... s birhtday on Monday we decided to take soem time to relax and stay 2 nights. So we went for a nice supper, toured the town and bought a 5euro bottle of wine, and some juice and sat on our balcony till 2 in the morning just chatting last night! We woke up at 9:30 for breakfast and were back in bed by 10am. We slept till 12:30 and layed in bed till almost 2pm. IT FELT SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! We needed time to relax ...

... Castalian Spring, where the Delphic priests and, later, the petitioners would take ritual baths. The water has been diverted from the ancient constructed fountain in order to preserve it. Instead they channeled the flow and had a small pipe lead over to a typical Greek spring, so it's still possible to bathe your face and have a cool drink. We came back to enjoy a simple Greek meal on a triangle ...

... who could connect with the god Apollo and give advice. The wars were started over what the oracle said. What they interpreted as being connected with the gods was actually an opium trip. They would burn opium in the Oracles house until she hallucinated and said something, and usually what she said was very vague and could be interpreted many different ways. But they couldn't of picked a more awe inspiring spot to house her. The temple of ...

... br>Yep! This is where you should stand and speak so that everyone in the the theater will hear you talk!











This is an olive tree! I've always thought it would be much ...

... caught my eye. This is the Winged Sphinx of Naxians, it was presevered quite well. Quite different from the Great Sphinx in Giza.















What is this? Apparently this was the center of the Universe in greek mythology! It's Omphalos. I would expect the ...