The back gate

We climbed to the top of the city hill then headed down toward the back gate. The entire time we were struggling against the wind. On a hot sunny day the stiff breeze felt really nice. This shot is a bit of an optical illusion: the area just beyond the stone ruins is much lower than that plateau. Those mountains behind everything were just too far away to be of any tactical use for possible invaders. The hilltop city was really the fortress the locals would flee to if an enemy invaded the valley and villages below.

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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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

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