Greece
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Play Picture This – Greece
Yes, we have added another level to play for Picture This! Since we have wrapped up our epic Greece trip, we decided to upload this new level. Give it a try ! Click here to play Or check out the other levels we have uploaded so far.
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Vikos gorge
In our last blog we told you about our visit to the Vikos gorge from Monodendri. On the other side of the gorge there’s another town called Vikos. We were told that this was the nicest part of the gorge and we went. After a few winding roads through the mountains we arrived at Vikos and we began our decent. The road was covered with slippery stones but after a while we made it down. There we saw the beginning of a river and a place where we could swim in it. When we walked a little further we came to a place where the river used to be, but…
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Zagori’s finest
Lucas stay We received the tip to go to Ioannina because of it’s surroundings. It supposed to be different then the rest of Greece. We booked a house in Aspragelli and as we arrived the first thing we’ve noticed was the landscape. In one hour drive the season has changed from hot summer weather to the beginning of fall. Some of the trees were getting orange, the land itself was greener with more mountains and the houses and people were more decently. The view was amazing. The place we were staying in, was rebuild by the owner. Luckily the owner happened to speak our language which is Dutch. No problems…
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Olympia
New stay We were staying in a small village called Kakovatos. This was the closest house to Olympia that we could find. It’s only a 45 minutes drive away. The cabin is called Turtle cabin and it’s close to the sea. It’s small but had everything we needed for a couple of days. We haven’t got any photo unfortunately. Olympia Olympia is one of the places we really wanted to visit. As we expected, we had a great time. There were a few buildings still standing. The one that stayed the best with us was the stadium itself. When we entered we walked through an archway that was connected to…
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Quick dip Chrani
Sand, sea and pool We where a little bit tired of traveling and because the summer is ending, we wanted to relax. The first thing that came to mind was a swimming pool and a beach. Why not have both just because we can. For the last few days we stayed in Chrani at Ilaira. The cabin was kind of small but the most of the time we sat outside, so who cares. Walking between the swimming pool and the beach we had a great time. Tim improved his game and Ellen started to work on her crochet. This is the reason that we haven’t posted anything. Right know we…
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Monemvasia and rocky road
Monemvasia the house As we said in our last blog, when we arrived in our house we fell in love immediately. The scenery and the house itself, has everything we need and more. It’s a really nice place to stay, including Monemvasia itself with his sea view restaurants. Monemvasia’s Byzantine structures The reason we went to Monemvasia was because of the structures they have. Monemvasia is a village in the South-East of Pelopennese. It’s actually a peninsula attached to a peninsula. We found out it is one of the nicest structures in the Pelopennese and maybe on the mainland too. The place is only accessible by foot and it’s a…
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Rent a boat and Corinth
Korfos sea fishing Tim loves fishing and wanted to go out on the see to catch some. So he rented a boat for this. The last time he went fishing, let’s say it could have been better. He caught one small fish and instead of catching another one he was left with some sea plants and an angry, luckily small octopus, because it just sounded fun to juggle the octopus around. Tim was surprised with the power the octopus had that was holding his fishing rod and struggled. When he got his fishing rod back, he saw a bitemark in it. When we (Tim, Ellen and Wilco) hired the boat…
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The house and Mykines
The house Last week we arrived at our stay in Korfos. A nice town next to the Golf of Egina. The seawater is really refreshing and the town has a lot of restaurants. It’s a wonderful place to stay in. In the weekends it’s very busy, but the rest of the week it’s quiet. Our house is large, it has a pool and enough bedrooms to fit seven people. A great place to stay. Mykines archeological sites We went to Mykines for some ancient archeological sites of Greece. The first was the Palace of Mycenae. A lot of the treasure that was found here was placed in the museum of…
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Athens
Our friends gave us a heads-up that Athens was the opposite of the small fishing village we currently stay at. They were right. Early in the morning we drove the car to a city closeby where we took the train to Athens. We slowly got prepared because of the dirt and trash piling up along the way. When we arrived at Athens Central station we were greeted by heat, more dirt, trash and a lot of traffic. We did not expect a city with such a rich and well-known history to be this neglected. Beautiful buildings completely riddled with graffiti and dirt, a lot of just abandoned properties. Some streets…
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Arriving in Greece
And now for something completely different? Ok, maybe just a little. After we left Empoli we drove to the city of Ancona to meet with friends. From Ancona we had booked two cabins on a ferry to get ourselves and our cars across to the city of Patras in Greece. There we had another short drive to a small fishing village called Korfos where we would stay for a little over two weeks. The Mansion After a pretty non eventful boat ride that lasted over 26 hours we arrived at our house in Korfos. It is just as ridiculous as we had imagined from the pictures. It is massive, boosting…
