Hotel Pyrgos Mystra
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A detour to Sparta (Sparti)
... of the car, I would not of been able to get out and help Troy navigate out of this tight spot. I was freaking out and I was watching the side of the car as Troy carefully (I don’t know how he did it) as I am not exaggerating he missed the wall on my side by only millimetres, luckily we did not scrape the side of the car. Troy was pretty bloody nervous and so was I. Well we just not used to such tight roads. By now we were both quite ...
Mysteries of Mystras
... out here if you pay your fee you are free to roam, and roam we did. It has all been left as it was, no paths created or walls renovated; even the signage seems to have been ruined these past 20 years. We free to explore to our hearts desire - which coincidentally last about 5 minutes until the sweat is dripping down our backs and we make the call to move on. Magical, mystical Mystras has been a well-planned stop, but our next destination awaits us, and we can't wait to get ...
Spartan Sights
... for a recreational purpose (ie not work) is deemed 'holiday'. But in my definition a holiday is time where you relax, kick-back and only feel pressured by the choice of which amazing thing you want to do right now. Travel as we know it, on the other hand, is a tiring, often grueling ordeal of public transport, ****** accommodation in cheap hotels and awkward situations involving a mealtime, a foreign menu and not knowing what anything ...
A week in Kalamata
What we'll all remember about Kalamata is the heat.The yellow house had the most wonderful roof terrace and thought we’d spend a lot of time up there, it had great views for miles around and out to sea, but even at 8.30 at night it was in the high 30’s. Our week here was just stifling. Fortunately the house was great, it had lots of games and dvd’s which was so good because between the hours of 12 and 4 we did feel imprisoned inside.
We ventured out to ...
By bus to Tolo, the slow scenic route
... not reach Tolo until 8.30 pm.
I had expected to take a bus directly from Tripoli to Naphlion, as I had made this journey a few years ago. Today though, I had to take a series of buses, the first being to Astros. I was given the choice of Astros and Astros Paralia, so chose to alight at Astros first. It was early afternoon so very quiet and peaceful and after a quick tour I took a ...