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Monemvasia, Between a Rock and A Hard Place
... there, where dressy clothes are the dictate of the day, I have been searching for a while. Who would have thought that in a Byzantine rock fortress, governed by the Greeks, would be the perfect one…not me.
We are having fun meeting new folks, finding out their stories and getting acquainted. Some we are looking forward to seeing more of, others not so much. The rowdy group of eight from Philadelphia we met on the first night out of Athens ...
Beautiful Monemvasia & Gefyra
... so nice to have a baguette with ham, cheese and tomato washed down with juice and water and of course chocolate.
We then went to the entrance of Monemvasia, the most beautiful medieval village we have ever seen. Wow, its so gorgeous, we were snap happy hear just like Oia. The nice thing about it also that it wasn’t bombarded with tourists and we could get photos without lots of people. We had ...
A detour to Sparta (Sparti)
... so we pulled up at a lookout for a while so we could lose him. Good idea, we had a stop and admired the scenery but look down the cliff and there were tons of rubbish stuck in between the trees and the ocean, ugly but true.
Our trusty “Dimitri” (gps) sent us up higher and higher into the mountains and through lots of quiet towns where we would only see a couple of locals either hanging outside chatting or when we came to ...
A week in Kalamata
... for a few years yet.
James organised a games tournament one afternoon, sticks , Chinese chequers,ludo, scabby queen and snakes and ladders, all had fun and James won- relief for us all, was taking it quite seriously.
I’ve also got David Attenborough fatigue! James loves the 'life on Earth ‘ definitely covered the animal kingdom this trip.
Wi –fi has been useless , always frustrating, but we got lots of teaching done.
We thought ...
The Mani Peninsula
Today we headed down the Mani Peninsula to the town of Kastania to visit twelfth century churches. The religious frescos inside were painted on wet plaster to retain their color. The images remained clear after all this time. There are no statues in Orthodox churches. We ended the visit with a Greek coffee break. Our next stop was lunch in the ...