Visit the offshore fort
[Aug. 2023] In the town of Nafplio on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, where we stayed for about 10 days, there are two fortresses that stand out. One is on a high mountain, and the…
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Wear a long skirt when you visit a monastery
[Aug. 2023] Meteora in Greece is famous for its landscape of monasteries perched on top of strangely shaped rocks. After lunch, we enjoyed these views. I wasn’t surprised because there are pictures of it being…
A person living in a cave
[Aug. 2023] Tour of Meteora, a world heritage site in Greece, has begun. First, the guide explained this unique rocky landscape. It is said that the rocks that were at the bottom of a lake…
A big chaotic city
[August 2023] The city of Athens, Greece, seen from Lycabettus Hill, was extremely chaotic. I love towns like Modica in Italy, where old houses are built one on top of the other, but this one…
Performance by the guards
[Aug. 2023] On our second day in Athens, Greece, my friend headed for the Acropolis and we headed for Lycavittus Hill. We had been to the Acropolis before, but it wasn’t something we wanted to…
Very solid wall in Rhodes Town
[ Sept.2019 ] Every morning during our stay in Rhodes Town in Greece, we had our breakfast at a cafe in the old town. We went to the same one where there was a red…
A bit more of our sightseeing in the old town in Rhodes
[ Sept.2019 ] In the old town in Rhodes Town, the centre of Rhodes Island in Greece, we also visited a building called Kastellania which was built in 1503. This visit was possible because it…
Learning about the Knights of St. John at the old town of Rhodes Town
[ Sept.2019 ] On the morning of the next day, we visited main places in the historical old town in Rhodes Town in Rhodes, Greece. It just so happened that this weekend was “Tourist Day”,…
At the town of Symi
[ Sept.2019 ] After visiting Panormitis Monastery on Symi Island in Greece, we came back to the ferry at around 12:15 pm. I had thought it would be a short trip to Gialos, the main…
