Nafplio and Southern Greece
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008After we got back from Santorini, we went down to the Peloponnese. Driving around southern greece was great. It has more olive trees and groves than you could possibly imagine. To drive here, though, with the winding mountain roads, forbidding shear drop-offs, and lack of signage in some places made for some interesting moments. Every once in a while we would have to stop and look closely at the road signs to decide which little town was in the direction that we wanted to go on our map (the road signs didn’t mention ‘Route 66’… only ‘Nafplio’ or some other town). When we stopped, sometimes other slightly confused tourists would be stopped as well…. we would smile at each other, shrug shoulders and maybe swap a little info.
We made Nafplio our home base and decided to day trips from there. This was good as we found a hotel with a room for three that included a full kitchen, en suite. We made some meals, packed some lunches, and had some fun outings to various sites. Then, in the evenings we’d return to Nafplio, get a treat and settle in for the night.
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