The Nissia Spetses

Hi everybody,

As you all know, we are back in the states! I haven't had time to finish writing the last three blog entries but I will as soon as I am able. I just wanted to let you guys know so you can check back over the next few days.

I hope everyone is excited to read about Athens because that was our last city and it was epic. Check back soon!

-Michelle

... center of the orchestra area and when you speak, people even in the highest row can hear you clearly. The trick is to project your voice downward a little bit, toward the ground. This is because it is hollow beneath the orchestra floor and that helps project your voice clearly around the theater.

We had fun climbing up to the top row and listening to each other from up there. There were a ...

Cycled into the ancient theater of Epidavros - heralded to be the best preserved of the ancient world, and I believe it could be true.

Immense in size it can seat 14 000 people, and it’s still used today. Built into the surrounding hillside, it’s extremely stable and it shows. Barely any decay even though it was made in the 3rd century BC. Incredible to see how perfect the ...

... even climbed up to the highest point of the fortress. It was amazing to be so high up and get to see for miles in every direction.

We stayed in Nafplio for five nights, using it as our base for taking day trips to a couple nearby towns. The next couple of blog entries I’ll write will be about those day trips.

-Michelle

PS- Check back for more pictures soon (especially cool pictures from the top of the fortress).

... in 740BC when they joined in the war against the Spartans. Neighboring Argos didn’t like that too much and destroyed the city leaving the residents to disperse.

Not completely abandoned until now, there is evidence of Roman occupation with the addition of baths, and Italian War troops stationed machine guns on the hillside during WWII. But still! 740BC, and here it is on a hillside waiting for us to ...

... was the delivery by our good friends at Poseidon Watersports ('we rent surf') of two armchairs – all the comforts!


It is about 15 minutes walk to the supermarket, but the procedure can be eased by the visits of the vegetable man, who if you can catch his truck sells big bags of scurvy-prevention equipment. Other things get trucked by too; plants, tables and chairs, amphorae and then the local rag and bone man to pick up what you are replacing. Mornings are greeted by a ...

... Every time a boat came into the bay he rushed to the waters edge, clapped his hands, whistled and beckoned them to his ever dimishing space. The rest of us yacht owners looked on in horror (and hunger). Eventually I went over to Tiercel, moored on the very end of the dock, and he roped me into helping him get yet another boat outside of us! After dinner we went to bed and slept for about 11 hours solid. After another, lazier day we left on Monday for Methana.

Today it's back to Athens. Our hydrofoil has been cancelled but replaced with a large catamaran so it may take a bit longer to get back to Athens than planned plus we must leave the island 2 hours later than originally planned. That's travel for you! Tomorrow we struggle to Athens airport at 3:00 AM then on to Amsterdam and then to Detroit. Hopefully to MoTown by 2:15 We dined on goat in lemon sauce last night. Very tastey! I ...

Last night we discussed at nauseate what to do today. There is a town north of Corinth called Patras that is supposed to the be the biggest celebration of Carnival in Greece. It would take us about 4 hours to get there and then 4 to get back. We would spend most of the day on the road. It would be really cool to go since it is where the most action is going to be but we would be wasting so much time and may find that it is so ...

... today. Epidaurus in general was not one of my favorite sites. There wasn't anything overly impressive to me, and I don't like how they are rebuilding everything. However, the site is in a beautiful location, and it played an important role to the ancient Greeks. The theater was amazing though. Quite incredible! I also added to my life philosophy today something that our guide said: "I don't know if we're allowed to do this, but there is no rope. So let's go."