Quattro Hotels Monemvasia

... to the sea for a swim. Without doubt, we loved Monemvasia and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a beautiful and quiet get away.<br><br>Another little note to mention- We have continued learning Greek words and phrases. We have mastered enough to get through dinner and drinks without a problem (must set our priorities!), but trying to make purchases using Greek in the grocery or a small store can present quite a challenge.<br><br>

POLSKI: Po Sparcie udalismy sie w strone jaskin Diros. Ominelismy (podobno piekna) Mistre, bo w slonecznym skwarze zlapalismy dwoch Bulgarow - muzykow, ktorzy o 13tej przywiezli nas do Githionu. Mieli cos do zalatwienia (czy raczej: do zagrania;)), wiec umowilismy sie z nimi na dalsza jazde po 16tej. Tymczasem poszlismy poplywac. Wyczytalam w moim przewodniku, ze na wyspie, na ktora doszlismy, zaczal sie romans Heleny i Parysa, a tym samym ...

... Greece. I spent great quality time with Mr. K and his buddy Spiro - another Greek-American, who after living in the US for decades, retired back to the lovely Grecian homeland. Both continue to enjoy life (and break hearts of local Greek lovelies).... FOTOS below are largely of the absolutely STUNNING hamlet of Monemvasia....

... set up by the European Union with complimentary admission and excellent printed material. After a visit to the fishing village, we continue our drive south and stop at the lovely beach resort of Stoupa. We are obviously out of season, as the beach and the restaurants along the esplanade are totally deserted. A lone Land Rover is being packed up by the last English family going home. Although the weather is superb, sunny and warm, the water is ...

... complex was built by the Venetians in the early 1700's and is said to be one of the great military fortifications. It sprawls across the top of yet another massive vertical rock outcrop and consists of huge thick stone walls that follow the rock contour at the top of the outcrop (with a virtually sheer drop on the sea side!), with several citadels at strategic points. These citadels are independent of each other and even have arrow and gun slits ...

... in a pension with a great view over the city. Lots of steps however to get there although we did use our car some to get up and down. Today we drove back to Athens and will return to Minneapolis tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everybody and hopefully have some get-togethers on the deck. & nbsp; Bye for now, Dave and Nancy

Traveling by bus in Greece...I compare it to base jumping -- you get on a bus, not knowing whether you'll be able to make connections with the bus to your next destination, taking it on trust that you'll eventually get where you want to go. I had a pretty clear idea where I wanted to go in the lower Peloponnese -- Mystras and Monemvasia -- and I knew I wanted to take buses (or, more to the point, I knew I didn't want to rent a car, having read warnings about the ...

... at rowing an inflatable dinghy! Must take some lessons from the celebrity who was on my transfer last week!<br><br>Three more high season weeks left, Andy and I are teaching the improver group together next week which should be fun, and then I have a week as 'beach assistant' where I intend to do lots of tweaks, tinkers and improvements. As always we love to get letters and e-mails so keep in touch, and lots of love

I discovered years ago that an essential to comfortable cycle-touring was a good map with well-marked contours. Unfortunately I was well into the countryside before I realised that my map of the Peloponese had contours every 300 meters. Thus, Wales would have looked flat. Usually, however, one can usually overcome such small irritations by looking at the lie of the road on the map. If it does lots of zig-zagging then its' a pretty fair bet that the road is going up ...

It is September, and we have decided to visit MANI this time. Our first stop is at GYTHIO, where we have lunch. Gythio is a beautiful port and so our lunch includes my favorite dish which is KALAMARI, sea shells, mussles, and of course my favorite starter OUZO.