Greece is known for its ancient ruins, but it also has a lot of medieval ruins, you know, like castles and fortresses and things. We saw several really cool medieval ruins while we were there. Kyllini Castle When we got to Kyllini Port and found out we weren’t allowed to ride the ferry, we decided we would just spend the day viewing ruins in the area. So we...
There are a lot of cool ruins in Greece. Some of them are what I call ancient ruins. They are thousands of years old. Others are only hundreds of years old. In this post, I’ll talk about the ancient ruins we visited. In the next post, I’ll cover the medieval ruins. The first ruins we saw were in Athens. It was the Acropolis. There were a few thunderstorms...
I absolutely forbid you to travel to Greece and not visit Meteora! It’s an incredible, magical place that you will love. I doubt there’s anything like it on the planet. It’s difficult to describe with words so I’ll have lots of pictures with this post. Over 1,000 years ago, hermit monks lived in caves and fissures in the area. The in 1344...
We recently got back from Greece. We’ll do a series of posts about it. There’s just too much there to do in one post. Today, I want to give you a brief overview and let you in on some things you will need to know and line up before you go to Greece. I’ll also cover some things you might want to know about it when you are there. Greece is a beautiful...