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January 6th 2009

Published: February 18th 2009

After 4 nights in Athens we are now leaving for a villa outside the small town of Marathonas, 26 miles north of the city. This is where the Battle of Marathon took place around 500 BC between the Athenians and the invading Persians. I know it's 26 miles from Athens because this is where, supposedly, Pheidippides ran from the plains where the battle took place into the city to announce the great vi... Read Full Entry

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Jay and Alex

"There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars" - Jack Kerouac, On The Road We live and work on the beautiful west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada but travel feeds our soul. We can only live in paradise for so long before our desire to explore must be satisfied. Past adventures have seen us tramp around Europe for six months, live/work/travel around the beaches of Australia for another six months, Beijing, Colombia, the madness of India, all throughout Canada/USA closer to home and (comparitively) boring all-inclusive trips to Mexic... full info

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Mycenae

Dad decending into an abyss never to return. Actually he's deceding into an old reservoir and he did return.

Nafplio

Alex atop the Palamidi castle at Nafplio

Nafplio

A view of the castle walls

Nafplio

There was an old stairway from the top of the castle that brought you all the way down to the town of Nafplio. Of course we walked it!

Nafplio

The old town of Nafplio from above. It reminds me of a lot of the towns we saw in the Balkan countries.

Epidavros

The ancient theatre in Epidavros. This thing seats 15,000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house. Due to superior acoustics you can easily hear unamplified voices from any seat.

Epidavros

A pine tree sits behind the scattered ruins at Epidavros

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