Ancient Olympia: site of the first Olympic games 2797 years ago and a brief stop on our road trip across the Peloponnese. We arrived in the evening after a long day of road and ferry and left the next morning, satisfied that we had seen something amazing even if I had spent most of myContinue reading “Olympic Fires”
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Above and Below Cephalonia
The sea disappears below Cephalonia, flowing into the crevices of its shore and passing through a network of underground caves that lead some fifteen kilometers across the island to the underground lake of Melissani where the salt water mixes with the fresh water of the lake before draining once again into the sea on theContinue reading “Above and Below Cephalonia”
If There Is No Ithaca
There is nowhere in the world like Ithaca, an island lost in time and myth in the Ionian sea. Home to a population of only 3000, the island has been a long lost home to the countless souls who have traveled the wine dark seas with Odysseus over the past 3000 years in the manyContinue reading “If There Is No Ithaca”
Island of Cliffs and Caves
Lefkada became an island some 2500 years ago when Corinthians settlers built a canal through the narrow strip of land on the north tip that connects to mainland Greece. A pontoon bridge now connects the island to the mainland and it was over this that we drove on our way to Lefkada town. A crumblingContinue reading “Island of Cliffs and Caves”
Driving a Marathon
The Greek soldier Philippides ran from the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BCE to announce the Greek victory over the Persians. Or maybe he ran to Sparta to call in reinforcements. The truth behind the legend is lost in myth and retellings like so many of the historical stories of ancient Greece. EitherContinue reading “Driving a Marathon”
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