Hotel Marko Corinth

... was even a solitary-confinement-type cell that we got a first-hand look at. It was only about 3ft x 5ft with a 3ft tall door!<br><br>After the fortress, we had about 3 hours of free time where we could just explore the city, so I took off with Amber and Tonya. First we had breakfast and then just went to wander. We looked at various shops and stopped to get some snacks before heading back to ...

... the project and it wasnt taken up until 1881 and finally completed 1893. The ...

Athens to Nafplio:<br>Wherever you are in Athens, get to Omonia (your best bet is to use the metro). Once at Omonia we had to ask a bunch of people where bus 051 was. Once we found bus 051, paid our 0.50 Euros, we got on and it took us 20 minutes to get to the big bus terminal- which is called Terminal A (there is also a Terminal B bus station but that is for buses that go to other places). Our bus to Nafplio left at 5:30pm and 2 hours ...

... we've all got the big fat backpacks stuffed with our entire wardrobe that we carried around all day. Then there's also one or 2 of us snapping a picture. (I have a camera now...a package from home that came with the Brooks!) Between Mrs. Brooks' fanny pack and our glowing white legs in the midst of the bronze colored Greeks, we can't help but stick out like a sore thumb. Whereas Bekah and I could blend in pretty well in Germany and we were often ...

... and ate dinner in a garden restaurant. Greece has a lot of outdoor dining, especially in the summer. Vicki had Greek roasted lamb and I had risotto. There is a lot of Italian influence here and there were a lot of Italians visiting. Later we had Italian gelato at Antica Gelateria di Roma, which apparently is famous for having some of the best ice cream in Greece.<br><br><br><br>

Today we went to Corinth. We caught the bus to the bus station (Athens: Still really big), and then got the bus to Corinth. It dropped us off rather unceremoniously at what seemed to be just another bus stop, in a helpfully unmarked street. But after going a few metres we found a bus stop sign with "Ancient Corinth" so I think the bus driver has developed a method of just spotting the tourists and kicking them out where they need to be. We then headed a little bit further down in search ...

... in pounds and Greece gets more expensive by the year) but with a bit of local research anything is possible.<br><br>That said, we have spent some time playing with the beach toys; following the earlier inaugural blast in the RS800 it was back to our very favourite boat, the single trapeze Laser 4000, and a happy hour or so screaming around on Saturday afternoon. Sunday was quite windy and gusty, and with the guests also out in the bay a non-trapeze boat seemed ...

... and Alexander faced guarded its flank on that side by anchoring the line against the river; but I saw today that the river isn't big enough that an army couldn't easily ford it. My theory is that at that time it ran right next to the bottom of the slope that demarcates (quite abruptly) the plain. It's only a short distance, maybe 100 feet, away from it at that point now. According to the histories, the Makedonians attacked at dawn, which ...

... are planted about two and a half meters apart, often only exploratory trenches or pits are possible. Still, the antiquities still underground are kept quite safe and secure by Mother Earth. Around 5 pm we began our trek back to Thebes and then to Elefsina. Along the way, we had to stop for gas and explain the fuel additive Karen was injecting into the tank before the gas...with limited Greek. Luckily a young customer with about as much English as I have Greek helped to get across ...

... you didn't know there was such a thing, did you? Well, there was, and she's written a book about it in English which you can get by contacting her through her website. The collection is unbelievable. Even if you're not particularly interested in ancient Greece, you've seen a photo of a piece that's in here, trust me. Harita and Melissa and I took so many photos our cameras were bleeding. Greek museum guards, incidentally, do not approve of ...