Mycenae and Nauplos
22.08.2019 - 22.08.2019
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We left Athens right after breakfast and headed west and south for Mycenae. On the way we stopped at the Corinthian canal. It was begun by the. Roman emperor Nero but left incomplete after his assasination and then completed in the late nineteenth century.
From there we went on to Mycenae, the kingdom of Agamemnon who lead the Greeks against Troy after his brother Menelaus’ wife Helen ran off with Paris. We spent most of the time in the museum
and then I (Jim) climbed to the top of the Acropolis through the famous lions’ gate.
Also at Mycenae we saw a very large beehive shaped tomb in near perfect condition for being 3500 years old. What the pictures don’t show is the smell of bats who now inhabit it.
From here we travelled on to the seaside town of Naplion for lunch. We had a cucumber and tomato salad, calimari and a bottle of local white wine.
In the afternoon we drove to the west coast of the Peloponnesus peninsula to our hotel, the Europa, which deserves a mention for being a lovely resort.
