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Greek hot water heaters

As we drove through the countryside going from Nafplion to Mycenae I kept seeing big barrels propped on top of the homes. Vee told us that these barrels are filled with water which is then heated by the intense sun. This is then used as the hot water source in the home.
Day Twelve (Wednesday)

July 5th 2006
This was about to be a very, very busy day. We were up rather early in order to leave on the bus at 8:00. Our breakfast wasn't as filling as our previous few in Greece. This morning it was back to cold cereal, a couple croissants and watery orange juice. Our first order of business was to drive back up the isolated Tolo road into the larger city of Nafplion. Even though Tolo is the seaside ... read more
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