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- Sunday 17th May – Monodendri to Meteora Left Monodendri after having apple pie for breakfast again – very strange but tasted good. Mountains every direction you look. Greece (as in other parts of Europe) seems to be covered in a haze most of the time. While it Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Saturday 16th May – Monodendri, Zagoria After one of Momma’s breakfasts (freshly hard boiled egg, toast, cold cut sausage, cheese slices and freshly made apple pie – the only thing that differed from day to day was the ‘sweet’ part of the breakfast. The first day Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Friday 15th May – Monodendri, Zagoria A quieter day. Drove up towards one of the lookouts into the gorge, parked and walked. Quite a drop to the bottom of the gorge. You can see the river (or river bed) running along the bottom of the gorge. Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Thursday 14th May – Monodendri, Zagoria Did a great walk from the neighboring village down ‘stairs’ to an old stone bridge in the gorge. The ‘stairs’ are part of what was mule tracks that used to criss cross the whole area. They are made of the Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Wednesday 13th May – Lichnos – Zargoria via Dodoni Another walk on the beach before checking out and heading off to Dodoni. Dodoni is famous for a C 3rd BC theatre and was the site of the oldest oracle in Greece. The oracle was the most important in Greece Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Tuesday 12th May – Lichnos Woke up and sat out on our balcony in the warm sun overlooking the bay eating fresh strawberries, juice (half made with freshly squeezed oranges we had bought earlier) and some croissants Dave heated up (the mini-marker didn’t have any Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Monday 11th May –Arahova to somewhere on the NW coast Checked out of our nice studio opposite the main square on Arahova and set out on a long day’s drive to somewhere on the NW coast of the mainland. There was the option of a seaside town (Parga) described in Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 18, 2009
- Rest and Relaxation in Rhodes... Arrival into Rhodes did not come easily. Between missing our direct flight from London, enjoying a five hour (10 pm – 3 am) layover in a hotel across from the Athens Airport, then checking into our 5 am flight, and Posted by Jennylynn in Jennifer's Journeys | May 16, 2009
- Arches With our time here in Santorini and Greece drawing to a close we took stock of all the extra’s we accumulated in the last 5 countries and were still hauling with us. It was time to put a package Posted by tomstrick1 in Sabbatical | May 14, 2009
- Sunday 10th May – Mt Parnassus and Arahova Drove up Mt Parnassus – nearly all the way. Found somewhere to stop and followed a track (walking) for about an hr – much longer with stops for flowers and the views (all dramatic) - and then turned around and Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Saturday 9th May – Delphi and Arahova After a very late night (for us, but not the locals) at a modern, fun and friendly (and more expensive, as is most of this village) taverna where we were plied with extra free food (lemon yoghurt dessert as good Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Friday 8th May – Arahova Left Diakofto (stopping to see some dolphins frolic in the sea) and drove over a long long bridge across the Corinth Gulf to get to our next stop of Arahova. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/203061/Greece42RioBridge.jpg thumb=http://photos.travell Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Thursday 7th May – in transit over the mountains in the rain Probably our longest and hardest day’s driving – to get from Gialova to the north Peloponnese to a town, Diakofto, with a special train that goes through and up a gorge to a mountain town. Unfortunately, not only were the Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Wednesday 6th May – Ancient Messini Drove relatively slowly due to roads and traffic to the mountain/hill side site of Ancient Messini about 60 km away that was mentioned in our guide book – but it hadn’t made it sound brilliant. Well, it was! Partly I Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Tuesday 5th May – Nestor’s Palace Visited Nestor’s Palace, only 15 km away from our unit. Only excavated the palace part – so not a lot to see (relatively). Was a Mycenaean city from the C15th to C11th BC. Star of the show was a bath Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 10, 2009
- Monday 4th May – Gialova Spent the morning and early afternoon walking near here – down at the lagoon and up to the next promontory where the older castle/fortress is located. The lagoon is famous for well over 200 birds, most of which are migratory Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 8, 2009
- Sunday 3rd May – Methoni Christos invited us for a free breakfast in their café (we had said we’d do our own breakfasts) so we started with a Greek breakfast of fresh orange juice, yoghurt and honey, freshly hard boiled egg, fresh fruit, cheese, bread Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 8, 2009
- Saturday 2nd May – Pylos/Gialova Pylos (Πύλος) is described by the Lonely Planet as one of the most picturesque towns in the Peloponnese – and it is. After our normal breakfast of muesli, strawberries and sheep’s yogurt, drove the few km into Pylos and parked Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 8, 2009
- The colors of Greece Greece welcomed us at the end of May first with a glorious sunset, visible from our taxi which was careening at speeds of 120 KM on the 80 KM roads but our driver was in there by far not alone. Posted by tomstrick1 in Sabbatical | May 7, 2009
- Greek Islands, Athens and North to the Balkans Spent 2 weeks travelling around the Greek islands. Loved Crete, great mountains and walking and lovely weather. Stayed in Hania for a few days camping, took a bus to the top of the mountains then walked 16.5kms to the coast on Posted by mike_rona in Rona and Mike's Big Trip | May 7, 2009
- Friday 1st May – Mystras to Gialova (near Pylos) May Day is a public holiday in Greece (and most of Europe??). I like a country that has a May Day holiday. Dave had also read that in Greece people head out into the country for picnics and to pick Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 4, 2009
- Thursday 30th April – Mystras Travelled from Nafplio to Mystras – a couple of hours through mountainous country again, but the roads and traffic weren’t too bad. Spent 5 hours walking around the Mystras site – spread over the side of a “hill”. It’s a Byzantine Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | May 2, 2009
- Wednesday 29th April – Nafplio and shopping Instead of having breakfast in we bought croissants and take away coffee and took it to the harbour and sat watching the still sea and watching the people walk along the path by the harbor. Starting to get really Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | Apr 29, 2009
- Tuesday 28th April – Mycenae and Tiryns Spent the morning at Mycenae, along with many other tourists. From 1600 – 1200 BC Mycenae was the most powerful kingdom in Greece. The Mycenaens were ‘the dudes’ in this period and Mycenae was THE biggest and the best. The Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | Apr 29, 2009
- Monday 27th April – Epidavros theatre/s Visited ancient Epidavros theatre and the seaside village of Ancient Epidavros – the latter mainly for Dave to revisit old ground from 1977 that was rekindled by the previous day’s visit to the small but quite amazing Archaeological Museum in Posted by Jan_n_Dave in The BIG Greek trip | Apr 29, 2009
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