Kalamaki Beach 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 ...

... walk quite a ways away and payed an outrageously high price for shipping. So I missed my first ferry and had to cough up even more money. <br><br>I made it to the island late morning and met some Americans who were leaving the island and I asked if they had a map to give me any tips on what to see. They had a map and they also said to rent a scooter to just cruise around 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 ...

... tickets to Corinth to take a train that comes once an hour. We got to the platform at about 12:07, just as we saw the 12:06 train to Corinth leave. So yes, we missed the train and ended up having to wait until the 1:06 train came. Let's just say travel in Greece is not nearly as efficient as other European countries.<br><br>Now let me just say that the 4 of us look like the quintessential American tourists traveling around a foreign country. First of ...

... back sat and watched (maybe even) the same show. The whole area was beautiful and with an amazing energy to it. Acrocorinth and the site of ancient Corinth are a must. I have to write more about it! Our hotel was truly a delight, nice people, really comfortable beds and the travel site we had booked it from (I am not sure I should mention that here) offered two spa packages during our stay. A really great treat after being exhausted from the Greek summer heat. Well, that's all for now.

... clear water that we stumbled into en route; we would have stayed there only there was no shade, so it was on to Agia Marina and hang the expense for E4 for an umbrella and sunbed. Books out, MP3 players on, regular dips in the sea (removing the MP3 players first of course) and that was another hard day, before returning on the last ferry back to the Peloponnese. No Greek adventure is complete without a near navigational foul up, of course, and we did nearly end up ...

... the correct place -- on excavation, skeletons were found. On the other side of the valley the Makedonian mass burial forms a tumulus, which we think we found, all covered with cypress trees. The valley is, I guesstimate, a kilometer and a half wide, so that the armies ranged diagonally from the ancient town to the river that meanders through the plain formed three-kilometre-long lines. The story is that the allied Athenian-Theban army that ...

... on the valley where the battle occurred. Beside the amphitheatre is a large orchard of olive trees, alas. The scene is pleasant, but many Classical era stones and building elements can be seen among the trees. The ancient village clearly lies under this orchard, but in Greece, you can't cut down an olive orchard to excavate. The trees represent a family's livelihood for generations, even centuries, so no excavation can take place closer to an olive tree than two meters. Since the ...

... era stuff (shortly before, during and shortly after Alexander's time). We met with an Athenian friend of Melissa's, whose pen-name is Harita Meenee and whose real surname I will by no means attempt to spell, and wandered through the museum, enthralled, along with her. Harita is a scholar, author, lecturer and artist whose focus of interest is the female aspect of ancient Greek history, including the female version of the ancient Olympics ...

... So with EUR 525 in airfare and a EUR 120 hotel, we jumped at it. Just to give you an idea of the tight timing of all this, I spoke to Lisa's hairdresser on Thurs. night, spoke to Tom and booked the hotel and flight Fri. before lunch, and left for Athens on Mon. evening. CRAZY! But here's how our trip went... MONDAY After work I headed home to pick up the luggage and the wife. We walked to the central train station, grabbed a couple pre-packaged sandwiches at the Albert Heijn ...