http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Greece , Pelopennese , Nafplion en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:28:21 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:28:21 UTC Hi guysI wanted to at least put my pictures up from my weekend in Napflion. Which was my favorite place we've been thus far. We spent all sorts of time outside away from the yucky city air of Athens. The fresh air was good for Bright and Happy Myste. Even the little rain we got the first night was fine. The mycean ruins were my favorite part of the trip. Most of the palace is in tact and you can http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-344208.html The ruins at Mycenae represents the stuff Greek tragedies are made of. As one version of the legend has king Agamemnon returning from the Trojan war only to be killed in his bathtub by his wife and her lover. She was angry because he may have had their daughter sacrificed. Hows that for drama. These ruins are older than the acropolis in Athens the original walls were built around 1300bc. If http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-337270.html Days 5 6 and 7 we are mastering the art of broken english. You like this food Is hot no Today is Day 8 we're still in the Pelopennese just visited Olympia the site of the first Olympics. But let me catch up. As I said before we arrived in Athens Sunday morning and so much for the hot greek sun we've heard so much about since there were thunderstorms and it was cloudy all day. We got http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-319418.html I was inside for the most I've been since in GreeceWe haven't even had a meal inside yetIt's all outsidebut today I had a grumbling tummy from the antibioticswhich also make my mouth taste bad long after I've taken them and a greasy omletteEm was also not feeling goodso we giggled at Greek t.v.we watchedAliasMonkin Englishand a version of cash caba game show where you answer questions in a taxi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-290435.html Player to player games are big hereit is 1130and young people are packed into this internet cafeplaying gameshalosoccerlord of the rings battle for middle earthand smokingblugfashion notealaddin pants are big on girls herecotton capris that drag down and looklike they have a load in their pantsalso big 80s hairand mullets for the guysand sparkly sandels with lizards with moving partsat ancient http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-290078.html You never know who you might run into when traveling. But to meet up with friends on the little Greek island of Paros would seem to be statistically impossible. They were heading south on the ferry and we were heading north. But our paths managed to cross on the same day in Paros. It was fun to share dinner and travel stories while making plans for future destinations.The best part of Paros http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-289572.html This is my favourite spot on the itinerary. It has great historical sites in the vicinity good shopping lots of great restaurants awesome gelaterias and an inviting atmosphere without the plastic you get with a North American tourist trap. It also has good swimming and an ok beach. I understand there is a better beach around the corner as well. We started our sightseeing by taking a taxi t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-288478.html Hello Everyone We found a great pensiondomatia in the Old Town of Nafplion with both a great view of the Bourtzi the photos of it are from our balcony and the fortess Palmidi which we climb all 999 steps to the entrance and then it had to be another 999 up to the top and then it seemed 10000 back down in the afternoon heat0 The fortess was built in 1715 and then was conquered 3 years la http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-286632.html Well friends it was a sad day leaving Pelekas Beach in Corfu. We camped at Gouvia Bay on the East Coast and then rented a car to tour the island since I have no faith in Mark's scooter skills sorry darling. We drove to Sidari up North but too touristy and the beach wasn't as nice as some we had seen. We lucked upon Pelekas Beach on the West Coast of Corfu and fell in love I've been to Tha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-286202.html Hey allHere are some more pictures of our time in Italy and a few from Corfu. We left Corfu yesterday and have made our way to Nafplio crossing the area that was apparently hit by an earthquake last week in Greece. Tomorrow we go to visit the ancient site of Mycenae to see some amazing ruins.All I can say is that WE LOVED CORFU Great weather beautiful beaches good food friendly people. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-284678.html And so to Athina...Finally out of the airport and on our journey in our rental VW gripping on to seat as Rob drove on left side of car and on the wrong side of the road Motorists here are crazy with no obeying of the road rules or speeds it is free for all so i hang on for dear life as we enter Athena an old tired city expanding for miles beneath the majestic Acropolis on the mount. Roaming http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-271769.html It's argos actually. Napflion is the gold coast of the Peloponnese.Sunday. everything is closed for easter. We pick up our car and we decide on the spur of the moment to go to Delphi before the pel. All along the way there are spits roasting whole lambs. In every village there are industrial quantities of these spits. out on the footpath over an open fire. easter is big here. We get to Delphi. It' http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-271243.html We finished off our three weeks in Italy heading south to Pompeii after Rome. Pompeii was an amazing site. It was stopped dead in its tracks one August morning in 79AD. And now nearly 2000 years later you can still see brightly colored mosaic floors beautiful frescoes painted on the walls water pipes bakery ovens and the best preserved building in townthe brothel complete with little ro http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-262729.html On Saturday we left Delphi and drove to Olympia. In Olympia we went to the ancient ruins of where the first Olympics were. It was so cool The ruins looked just like all the other ruins that we had seen except we were actually allow to climb all over the rocks so that was really neat because at all the other places they have ropes blocking the ruins off and people with whistles everywhere yellin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-250400.html Hello ladies and gents I am in Greece. I arrive in Athens rather late Tuesday night because I missed my connecting flight in Brussels and had to wait 5 hours for the next flight. So far I've only spent one day in Athens and will tell you more about it on a later entry. For the past 2 days I've been in Napfliononly 80 miles from Athens but itseems a world away. Located in the Peloponnesian penin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-199859.html NAFPLIOBeautiful Greek town on the mediterrranean with a Venetian castle standing guard above it on a clifftop. In its hayday Nafplio was a thriving Venetian port and the architecture of the buildings in the old town along with its piazza make you feel like you might still be in Italy. Swimming was amazing. Warm clear calm water. People were very friendly here the view from our balcony was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-197915.html HI everyone We're currently in Nafplio this is our first full day here. Last night we arrived here about 7pm after taxibusboatbusbusyuck. the last bus we barely had any AC on and it was packed. We're staying in a really cute hotel but i wouldn't exactly call it that. It used to be the apthouse of the current owner and she made it into a hotel. There are exactly 5 rooms. Anyways we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-175549.html Tuesday was amazingly hot. Our landlord Brian later said it got to 116 degrees F well technically he said it got to like 47 degrees C and Uncle Dan converted it on his computer but close enough. Unfortunately that was the morning that the power went out. No air conditioning in that weather is pretty miserable so Uncle Dan went on a walk. Bird watching was a little impossible though because http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-175390.html That will pretty much some up the visit to the coast of Nafplio. It was just awe inspiring view of the city. Ok let me back up a minute. So we caught the bus to the coast which took 2.5 hours and was honestly for most of the trip there wasn't too scenic. It's not till we got there had some lunch along the coast and decided to to see the fortress that sat ontop of mountain that the view over http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-155849.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-148670.html The first trip we took once i was back on my feet was to Nafplio a port town in the Peloponese about 2.5 hrs out of Athens. It was said to be charming and contain an important fortress. With lots of Venetian architecture touristy shops a great walkway by the water and many places to eat it was a good place to visit with my family. By myself i think i may have found it a bit too tailored and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-142897.html Nafplio is gorgeous. Being able to walk right down to the shore of the Aegean is such a lovely thing. But the architecture here is the my favorite thing about perhaps. The streets are small and steep and the buildings are old and close together. It's a wonder that cars can get through at all. The word that everyone on the trip has been repeating has been surreal. The castles the smells of the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-123720.html UPDATE added pictures on 14January.The move to the Domatia was very wise even though it's more expensive we had a good night's sleep and a somewhat warm shower. It seems that the hot water supplies are very low so we'll try to space our showers out to odd times in the day in hopes of getting a hot shower The showers we've found in Greece are generally a very small square space maybe about http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-116482.html Spent a relaxing day in and around Nafplio yesterday. The city was the first capital of Greece and while it doesn't retain many monuments of that time the Venetianinfluenced old town is a wonderful place to spend time. We slept in a bit and promenaded around the narrow streets window shopping at the many souvenier shops and drinking and eating at the cafes and restaurants. The weather was pleas http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Greece/Pelopennese/Nafplion/blog-103820.html