Wednesday 7 September 2011
"Wanna go for a swim? Wanna go for a swim?" It was 8 AM and Dian had never heard Charles say that before. After crossing the street and swimming they headed over for coffee at the same restaurant they's visited the night before. Unfortunately, no coffee now that the season had officially ended.
We left Psachna after paying over a hundred bucks for a full tank of gas. Later, a stop for two cappuccinos was $9. It's not cheap in Greece. We got off the main highway before the major city Patra, to visit the ancient ruins of Corinth. This used to be the commercial center of Greece, and we saw some Doric columns still standing at the archaeological site.
We got a little lost leaving the area and had to go through a tunnel twice that was not meant for cars, let alone our beast. All along the road there were shrines. Some old, some new, with Greek icons and candles inside.
A man's voice on a loudspeaker could be heard from behind us and we were not sure of its purpose. When he passed, we found he was just selling watermelons out of his truck. This, we found, is a common thing along Greece's beach towns.
Using our International Campground guide we stopped at a site, but after buying groceries and gawking at their 1,000 year old olive tree, we moved on. It was further down the coast of the Peloponnesian Peninsula that we ran into a wonderful German couple (and 30 year vets of the road), Rudy and Isabella, who were free camping and invited us to join them. We learned from them our van is known as a "bully" because of its bull-like tenacity. They were quick to share retsina and Rudy played music on his double-neck acoustic guitar, then we shared good conversation and travel tips until midnight.
"Wanna go for a swim? Wanna go for a swim?" It was 8 AM and Dian had never heard Charles say that before. After crossing the street and swimming they headed over for coffee at the same restaurant they's visited the night before. Unfortunately, no coffee now that the season had officially ended.
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| Ancient Corinth |
We left Psachna after paying over a hundred bucks for a full tank of gas. Later, a stop for two cappuccinos was $9. It's not cheap in Greece. We got off the main highway before the major city Patra, to visit the ancient ruins of Corinth. This used to be the commercial center of Greece, and we saw some Doric columns still standing at the archaeological site.
We got a little lost leaving the area and had to go through a tunnel twice that was not meant for cars, let alone our beast. All along the road there were shrines. Some old, some new, with Greek icons and candles inside.
A man's voice on a loudspeaker could be heard from behind us and we were not sure of its purpose. When he passed, we found he was just selling watermelons out of his truck. This, we found, is a common thing along Greece's beach towns.
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| 1,000 year old olive tree |
Using our International Campground guide we stopped at a site, but after buying groceries and gawking at their 1,000 year old olive tree, we moved on. It was further down the coast of the Peloponnesian Peninsula that we ran into a wonderful German couple (and 30 year vets of the road), Rudy and Isabella, who were free camping and invited us to join them. We learned from them our van is known as a "bully" because of its bull-like tenacity. They were quick to share retsina and Rudy played music on his double-neck acoustic guitar, then we shared good conversation and travel tips until midnight.
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| Isabella and Rudy |
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