Blogs from Pelopennese, Greece, Europe - page 13

Geo: 37.9215, 23.01 GÜN 21 GÜNLERDEN PERŞEMBE: Muhteşem bir güneş doğuşu ile güne başladım.. Bugün tam anlamıyla tatil ve toparlanma günü.. Tembellik tavan yapıyor… Bir taraftan ihmal ettiğimiz bakımlar yapılıyor.. Akşama mehtaba dalmağa karar verdik.. Bu nedenle en yakındaki kasaba ,Korinth'te bir AVM ye daldım.. Akşam için, Allah ne verdiyse aldım.. Dönüp nevaleyi buzluğa yerleştirdim.. Öğleden sonra o kristal sularda deniz sefaları yaptık.. Sonra önce Şahbaz'ı yıkadım ardından kendimi… Biraz uyku taklidi yapayım dedim.... sinekler asla izin vermedi.. Akşam olunca planımızı yürürlüğe soktuk.. Masa ve iskemlelerimizi sahile taşıdım .. Buzdolabından nevaleyi aldım veee Muazzam bir sofra kurduk …PHOTO_ID_R=hazir-kuvve... read more

Lousios Gorge and Olympia - Day 7 Saturday 14th September I wrongly thought my alarm clock was switched on, so we both slept until until just gone 10am. We must have needed it. We had a quick dip in the pool, mainly because it was there and we saw a wide variety of interesting dead insects floating in it. The plan was to go to Lousios Gorge and stay there. I thought the drive would be simple to start with, but we followed the satnav instead of the map. So thus I ended up driving on such narrow mountain roads that were so unnecessary! In some villages it was hard to tell which bits were road and which were going into houses. Some of the properties were really nice and it was hard to wonder why ... read more

The Peloponnese - Day 5 Thursday 12th September It was so nice to wake up somewhere quiet and nice, although a barking dog did break the silence during the night. We were the only guests at Marino Rooms and so sat alone outside for breakfast. It was pretty simple: bread, greek yoghurt, grapes, cake, marmalade and freshly squeezed orange juice. Coffee was nescafe though. So now was time for my first go at driving, only going less than a mile down the hill to the Ancient Corinth archaeological site. This was a fair size and €6 each to get in. It had your standard doric pillars, stray dogs and knee high walls with accompanying diagrams showing what it was like back in the day. It was pretty empty to start with as we were there at ... read more

Ancient Olympia and Patras Peloponnese Peninsula 29 to 30 June 2013 After leaving the Kato Allissa Camp site with its 100 year old olive tree, we headed north up the western coast of the Peninsula, heading towards Ancient Olympia (not to be confused with Olympus in north Greece). For over 1000 yrs Olympia was renowned as a religious and athletic centre. Though it flourished in Mycenaean times, its historic importance dates to the coming of the Dorians, at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. They bought the worship of Zeus. The 1st Olympian Games, the forerunner of the Olympic Games took place here in 776 BC but was banned in SD 393 by Emperor Theodosius 1, who took a dim view on the pagan festival!! The site had a training pavilion, a stadium where the ... read more

Ancient Corinth, Epidavros and Mycenae, Peloponnese Peninsula 26 to 27 June 2013 After leaving Athens (Athena) at about 3.30pm after our fridge was working well, we headed for Korinthos which is the start of the Peloponnese Peninsula which boasts a wealth of ancient and medieval ruins, from the Bronze Age Mycenae to the Bazantine town of Mystras. The next few days was going to be spent seeing were many, many people “have walked before”. Our 1st stop was Ancient Corinth, however the gates were closed at 3.00pm and it was 4.30. Even though it’s summer here and the archaeological sites are said to be open to 6.00 or 7.00pm, we have found they are all closed by 3.00pm. Is this the effects of the GFC? We have seen evidence of abandoned unfinished buildings, camping sites with ... read more