We are in Nafplion, Pelopponese, Greece in beautiful old Pension Marianna.http://www.hotelmarianna.gr/site/en/home.html It has really good wifi, along with really beautiful sights and floors and feel. The building is 220 years old and right on the old city wall. This is the edge of old town and it's a postcard -- really. Very narrow passages, old stone, bouganvillea, cafes and shops.
It took us about 6 hours to get here from Samos. 2.5 hours of that were in a taxi with Vaggelis. He brought Greek mythology to life for us -- which is great. Mycenae (The home of King Agammemnon-- think of the Iliad.) is only 30 minutes from here. He also wanted to talk about Obama. Everyone here wants to talk about Obama. Of course we are all Obama fans, so we love the conversations. But mostly it's just fascinating how much news he makes around the world.
We stayed yesterday at a cute little family-owned Pythagoras pension (http://www.pythagoras-hotel.com/) on Samos. We ended up having dinner with three other couples; two from Australia and one from Japan. The stories were great and we have new invitations for travel. (In addition to invitations to Germany and Turkey by the German/Russian couple we met on the Ferry that morning.) Owner Stelios and his wife Vasos fed us magnicently and helped us set up the next leg of our trip.
We're staying here until Tuesday, which feels nice. We'll get oriented tomorrow. And maybe wash some underwear? More news soon!
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