We’ve had a pretty quiet second week in Kalamata. Apart from our daytrips to Mistras and Ancient Messene, we’ve not done anything exciting, mainly because the weather has been pretty awful, with loads of thunderstorms. We’ve been out for lunch a few times now, enjoying the Greek cuisine, and on Friday we went upmarket to … Read more
Mystras is an archaeological site close to Sparta dating back to the 13th century, and towards the end of the Byzantine period it was the second most important town after Constantinople. Today it’s a huge open air museum, famous for its Byzantine churches complete with frescoes, all overlooked by a castle at the top of the … Read more
Our week here has flown by. Carol’s been to see the dentist and has another couple of appointments booked, so we’ll be staying here for another week to ten days. The way we’re going we’ll be able to write a guide to European dentists, given that I’ve also seen dentists in Spain, Portugal and Slovenia. … Read more
Before leaving Pylos this morning we drove over to the other side of the Marina, where there was an abandoned platform around two metres high with some steps, and I gave the solar panel on our van roof its first clean since the start of our trip, so it should now be working at maximum … Read more