Rainy Days and Mondays

After picking up the car from the most helpful Hertz guy ever - he grave us detailed directions to a whole bunch of sights - we made our way down the winding coastal road toward Epidaurus. Much of the sineage here is written using the Greek alphabet. Good thing I still remember those thetas and rhos and mus and lambdas from math class!

Light rain fell as we visited the large and impressive marble amphitheater at Epidaurus. The soft, moody light worked well with the curved patterns of the rows of stone. One of my favorite shots includes a tour group that was dwarfed by the mighty structure.

We located our hotel in the seaside town of Nafplio, checked in, and enjoyed a light lunch at an outstanding bakery on the waterfront.

Mycenae was our next stop. We toured hilltop ruins as the rain began to abate. I took some shots of clouds hanging from distant mountains before we headed back toward Nafplio.

On the way we visited the archeological site of Tyrins. Here, we toured the remains of an acropolis and "Cyclops walls" built from stones so large that people imagined that only the giant one-eyed creatures could have lifted them.

Back in Nafplio, we drove up to see two hilltop castles. Both were impressive, but the enormous Palamidi fortress is in a class by itself.

Hoping for fair weather for tomorrow's excursions.

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