Melons to market

Far from the Madding crowd

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June 23rd 2011
The mid-afternoon ferry brought us back to the Peloponnese and we had many hours before we took our midnight ferry overnight to Corfu. Since we spent days in extreme SW Peloponnese we decided it only fair to check out the extreme NW corner – a spit of land poking into the Patraikos Gulf had both a wildlife preserve and apparently the best beaches near Patra. Kim had been saying that she hope ... read more

Europe » Greece » Pelopennese

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more