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Peloponnese Mountains and Villages
We learned that there are some 1400 Greek Islands of which about 146 are inhabited. We took a train ride up from Diakofto up the rugged Vouraikos Gorge. Then stopped in the village of Kalavryta where the Germans captured the town and killed some 700 men. The women escaped into the mountains. However, the church in town has two clock towers, one of …
The cruise- an epic saga PART 1
... the morning to come back and explore the streets in daylight so it wasn’t too depressing.
The next morning after using the hotel gym and sampling the FREE BREAKFASTS (this is rare these days) we took our luggage back into Venice and left it at the cruise terminal, hoping they wouldn’t accidently forget to load it onto the ship. Venice during the day was beautiful but somehow could not compare to the glittering magic of the night before. Crowded with ...
Today we visit the Olympic village
Today, we did not have an excursion planned. We decided to walk into the village. Jen talked to the lady at the tourist information booth. She said that if we wanted to go to Olympia, we should take the train. We bought tickets and then shopped a bit while waiting for the train. We boarded the train for the ride to the village of Olympia. It took about 35 minutes. Lots of olive trees along the way. We stopped in several villages. The ...
To the Peloponnese
... through the attractive little town below. The campsite is owned and run by one of those eccentric old men who like to talk an awful lot, and he kept me in his web for twenty minutes, speaking to me in a French and English mixture, before I was able to break free. But he was very friendly and a few minutes later he came to our van with a handful of lemons and oranges for us. The other nice thing here is it is noticeably warmer. May it ...
Exploring Olympia
... The track was 200m long. Somehow I dragged my out-of-shape self up and back on the track. Finally we saw the Temple of Hera built in the 7th century BC. The Hermes statue that we saw in the museum was originally in this temple.
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