The end is near...

I have less than three weeks until the end of my stay in Greece.

My running partner, Yorgos is now back at work after 3 weeks of vacation.

I know, I know...  The questions--
 (maybe some you didn't have these thoughts)
- Why did it take you so long to write another blog?
- Why are you never on Skype?
- Why no post cards? 
 - What have you been up to?
- Are you Ok?!

Frankly, I don't know why I went underground.  Sure, I could say it was because I was having the time of my life.  But I don't think that's the reason.  Needless to say, I'm back.

 Here are some highlights from my time away from you.

Yorgos and I took a 400 km bike trip from Piraeus, to Nafplio, Epidavros and then north of Corinth.
  See the:
The GoogleMap of our trip

It took us 4 hours to get to our first destination because we need to stop every hour because our butts would get numb from riding on the bike.

Nafplio

Just outside of Nafplio, in Mycenae

Before Nafplio, we went to see the ruins of Mycenea.

 "In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centers of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. ..."
-- This is from Google.

(That's right this place was way before Christ... pretty, pretty old) 

In Nafplio, we celebrated a year of knowing each other-- aww.

A view from the bike!!

This is my motorcycle outfit...despite the heat--
I needed to wear long pants and long sleeves.

This photo doesn't do the Old City of Nafplio justice.  It was really great.

 Epidavros

We pulled over for a snack!  Fresh figs right off the tree :-)

 In Epidavros, we visted the theater of Asklipieio of Epidaurus. It was built around the mid-4th century by the architect Polykleitos and is the best preserved monument of the site. It has a capacity of 12.000-14.000 and has been preserved almost intact.

The acoustics in this place are AMAZING.  And I believe they still hold concerts here.

So after over an hour on the bike, in the hot sun, we left our hotel in Nafplio for --

A campsite!  

That's right.  On a whim, Yorgos decided we should go  camping...with no equipment.  

At all...not even a towel.
Oh Yorgos,  what an adventurer you are :-)  

Seeing my accommodations, sent me to a very dark place.

 

A  f@#&% tent?!!!

Thankfully, Yorgos ran into some relatives and we were able to upgrade to an RV...

Right by the sea!!!

This is me-- going for a sunrise swim!

 North of Corinth

We ended our bike trip celebrating Yorgos' friend-- Panayotis' name day, with a BBQ.

And later went for coffee--

I will say if I had to do it over again, I would totally do it.  I couldn't look or get on the bike for at least two days afterwards but all in all, it was super fun and memory I will definitely treasure.

More to come...

(Sidebar: Eek. More unfair laws have been introduced to taxi drivers, so the strikes are back!)

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