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A Sailor's Paradise
Which, of course, brings up the problematic truth that I'm neither a sailor nor inclined nor allowed on this trip to participate in the various activities that earned Corinth this name back in the day, but where we stayed there were probably sailors and it was certainly something akin to paradise, so it'll stand.
Our day trip down to the …
This is Madness
THIS IS SPARTA!
Yet another day in the beautiful Peloponnese.
Today started off rather terribly, however, despite my chipper disposition. Greece is a relatively unstable country, as strikes are quite capable of efficiently closing down the country. Read this article for more info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/world / …
A detour to Sparta (Sparti)
... attractive city. So why are we here you ask? Well we had a terrible driving day and glad to be here just for that reason. Troy never planned to stay here overnight but that is how the cookie crumbles sometimes, that is travel.
We went for a walk into the main street of town, nothing pretty but the positive thing about it we had a decent meal at a cafe and one of the cheapest (17euro). For starters we had some onion rings. Troy had ...
Mysteries of Mystras
... 2 hours jump on the heat. Everything goes to plan and we arrive on schedule with our game faces on; luckily we also have our game shoes on, as she looks to be a climber.
Now enough suspense, what in the world is Mystras. Situated about 6km out of Sparta, it is the site of a medieval fortified city. Nowadays it's mostly ruined, but the scope of the ruins is really something to behold. As we drive out of Sparta and head towards the modern town we see a mountain ...
Climbing the Family Tree
... and I know the name of the village that he came from in Greece - Neromilos - so I thought while we were in Greece I would get out there and see who I could find.
We drove out in the afternoon mainly just to see what was there. I don't speak much Greek at all, and out in these remote parts of the country it is unlikely that you will find many English speakers. Even so, it was important to me to get a sense of my roots, even if it was just a case of walking around ...
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