Blogs from Pelopennese, Greece, Europe - page 25

We have no time to add pictures right now. We'll add them later Saturday, June 23rd - taking off The only thing that sucks about traveling is the traveling. With this in mind, we loaded up the taxi at 4:30 in the morning and headed out to the airport. Daniel was dressed to kill: khaki traveling vest and pants, Australian outback hat, and ultralight shirt. Mary and Rachel started in on making fun of it, and the previously quiet driver chimed in “I thought you were going to Australia”, much to their delight. The airport was pretty standard issue. We did see a young girl get selected for the “air puff” screening machine. She squealed with delight when the air hit her, and giggled the rest of the way through security. We got to sit ... read more

Hey kids, The level of masturbation has just increased - with a blog... Ok - can't remember where we left of last - but Maldives were pretty insane, amazing clear warm blue water with crazy coral. Met a few dutchies on the flight out - they liked a drink, worked out well. Drank our way though a midnight flight and arrived in dubai around 5am - with a disgusting hangover... Somehow found a dingy little hotel in old Dubai and crashed out for the morning. Spent four days around Dubai. Teresa wore a skirt and t-shirt to blend in a little better with the burkas (ok there weren't that many, but around 3000% more than I've seen around Bay City Plaza), I just wore shorts and t-shirt - as it was in the high 30's each ... read more

Today I was like a Kid in a candy store. I got in to Nafpilo yesturday afternoon and didnt do much site seeing since i was pritty bagged form traveling and carrying my massive backpack as i staggered around the city trying to find a hotel. But i could just see those fortresses staring at me, beconing me to come and bask in the glory of their history. They were hard to miss, one was sitting in the harbour and the other was on top of a mountin and could be seen from anywhere in the city. But today I was rested and ready for the challange. After a harty breakfast and two cups of coffee I was ready to make the climbe and see the mountin fortress that sprawled across the uneven cliffs, almost ... read more

today i thought of so many clever ways to begin this entry as i walked around Methoni.... of course they all now evade me. i am sitting in a funny little loft of a cafe/bar in the corner at one of three computer terminals.... young kids smoke and joke and flirt on the other side..... i am going to try to simultaneously blog the present as well as my past 3 weeks in Greece. (different entries though, so i hope, you can make sense of it) Methoni is a smallish town on the westernmost peninsula of South Greece. Waking up this morning i first took a walk around to buy some groceries for breakfast. The Greeks dont really do breakfast and as i had slept in today, i knew this was my best bet. the ... read more

Once you get past the idea that Greece is always warm and sunny, winter travel in the Pelponese is great==no crowds, local folks just going about their business of farming, fishing, goatherding. Olives, oranges and lemons are ripe literally for the picking, and early spring flowers are out. Opening hours are short, with many places closing at 3pm for the day. We met very few tour groups, almost all European student study tours with one high school group rather improbably from Buffalo NY. Many coastal places are shut for the season. Old Epidaraus grows from a winter population of 2000 to 5 times that in summer. I was stunned by ancient Mycenea, a major civilization in the 13th-15th century BC. We had seen some of its most amazing finds in Athens, including exquisite pottery and gold ... read more