Greece - the new Italy

The title of this post comes from the inefficient Greek transportation system. Adrienn and I were discussing if it is actually worse than Italy... In Greece it's hard to find out information, but that also means you are not finding out incorrect information (as in Italy)... cept sometimes you are. Who knows...

Anyways, onto more important matters, as I try to finish this post in the 7 min I have remaining on my internet purchase.

Currently in Athens, just arrived tonight and we are finally staying in a decent hostel, with no bug infestation of any kind... so far. Tomorrow we will check out the city, maybe on a walking tour, that will be a hardcore day of trying to see all the sights in on day! Evan also arrives tonight, so we will meet up with him in a few hours, and he will join us on the rest of our travels (Delphi and the Greek Islands).

We just came from 3 days in the town of Napflio. That is probably spelt wrong... It was the first time on our travels that we have stayed in the same place for more than one night, and it was really nice to finally settle a bit. The town was a good place to base ourselves to see some nearby sights: we saw the ancient ruins of Mycene and Ephidoros (once again, spelling, sigh...), and also spend a day in Napflio seeing the big fortress up on the hill and doing some quality beaching (sometimes you just have to relax a bit!). Mycene is your typical ruins, but one cool thing was some tombs that were shaped in such a way that if you stand in the center and make a small noise, the sound echos back to you way louder than the original sound! There was a similar effect at the theater at Ephidoros, it's acoustically designed so that standing on the stage projects your voice to the whole theater. Personally, I thought the tomb was cooler for that (despite how much Ephidoros is advertised), but the theater was still very impressive to see.

Prior to that we spent some time in a small town on the the west coast of a southern peninsula of the Peloponese. It was a really small place, but nice to get away from the hustle bustle a bit.

We also spent a night in Sparta, which was a cool city, despite what I have heard. We chilled out in a cafe and played backgammeon, haha, Adrienn taught me the game, it was fun. The next morning we took the bus to Mystreas, a big fortress on a hill (that was a long walk up in the sun!). It is not as ancient as some of the other things we have seen, so there was a lot intact.

A bit about greek food: WOW. We have eaten out a few nights and had some amazing things. The yougurt here is crazy, really thick and rich. A true test for a seasoned yogurt-lover as myself...I think I have finally met my match. Baklava is awesome too...so gooey and sweet, mmmmm.

Well, I failed the quick blog posting, and had to buy internet time. Oh well, I do what I have to to keep my faithful blog fans with their semi-weekly fix, hahaha.

Jacqui :)