Thursday, May 2, 2002 11:50 Weather: Hot & sunny. Location: Internet cafe, Parikia. I had a fun evening with Megan and Kirsten, my Australian neighbours in the hostel. We started with dinner in small restaurant opposite the water: fried zucchini balls, giant beans, and stuffed vine leaves for appetizers, shrimp saganaki as an entree, a […]
19:40 Location: Back in Parikia at the Internet cafe. Just a quick note: I think I got sunburned today, despite the SPF 30 sunscreen… Should have bought the hat BEFORE the hike, not after, I guess… Ooops! Dinner tonight with the Australians. Off to Naxos tomorrow, where I hope to catch a Good Friday service… […]
17:40 Location: Kolimvythres beach, near Noussa, northern Paros. I got off the bus in Lefkes, a pretty village near the centre of the island, and headed upwards following a sign to Parikia. It led under some trees, which were a brief welcome break from the sun, but soon came out at the main road again, […]
Wednesday, May 1, 2002 12:17 Weather: Hot, partly cloudy, windy. Location: On top of a hill, on a rock by the Moni Agiou Antoniou (monastery). The ferry was a bit late arriving, but Mike was still there, waiting to greet me. He drove us the short distance to the second of his two hostels, and […]
Tuesday, April 30, 2002 16:24 Weather: Hot & sunny. Location: Highspeed 4 ferry from Piraeus to Paros. By common agreement after a conversation with other travellers, Pascale and I both decided to skip Athens and head straight to the Greek islands from Nafplion. I’ve got 6 days scheduled: 2 each for Paros, Naxos and Samos, […]
Monday, April 29, 2002 12:33 Weather: Warm & sunny. Location: The theatre of Epidaurus. With a spectacular backdrop of a forested valley, imposing hills, and the pale blue sky, a seat at the top of the 15,000 capacity amphitheatre (cut into the hillside) provides many advantages. Not the least of these is the chance to […]
Sunday, April 28, 2002 12:32 Weather: Sunny, some light scattered cloud and haze. Location: Internet cafe in Nafplion. We got to Nafplion yesterday at about 3:35. Pascale and I walked together into town. She’s travelling with the Greece Lonely Planet, which has rather more detail than my own LP, which covers all of the Mediterranean: […]
15:05 Location: Myloi (Mili), 10 km from Argos. A collection of rusting steam engines sit on a side track in the fragmented light of the sun through the trees. They have probably been there for 20 years, certainly 10–grass grows on some–but they wait patiently as our more modern train moves by, like cows put […]
12:55 The train is winding its way through the hills, crossing small bridges and passing through little tunnels. It’s a modern two-car commuter train, in style at least, though we’re actually going quite some distance, inland, and then northeast towards Argos and Athens. The bright green of the olive trees and darker green of the […]
Saturday, April 26, 2002 09:32 Weather: Sunny & clear. Location: Cafe Athanasiou in Kalamata (again). A beautiful morning. I packed up and left Lela’s dhomatia, passing the old lady herself on the way to the bus stop. She wished me bon voyage. The bus came on time at 8am and hauled me back to Kalamata. […]