At long last, our return to Canada has begun! It will still be weeks before we land back, but our journey has commenced. We left Struga and drove down to Ioannina, Greece for an overnight. We had driven through here on our way to Struga the second time and loved the few short hours we spent here. We had really […]
While history and sites to explore to learn more about Ancient Greece are definitely what drew us to this country, there is so much other history that is fascinating to learn about here. While we were in Valira, we made sure to tour a few other fascinating historical areas of interest. Valentina, our lovely friend in Struga, had recommended a […]
The Peloponnese is a haven for finding ancient Greek sites and places to visit. We purposely booked two separate areas to stay in so that we could more thoroughly explore the historic sites throughout this region. One of the places we were all most excited to visit was Ancient Olympia. We went there for a day trip to explore and […]
One of the best parts of travelling is meeting new people. There are always those who stand out more than the others. There was one local who lived in Valira who especially stood out, Louis. He started chatting with us in the town square our first couple of days in Valira while we were having coffee at the Agora cafe. […]
After our stopover in Meteora, we made our way down to the south of the Peloponnese to Valira. We were supposed to be here for a month but arrived almost a week late given our two-week detour back to Struga. Valira is a small and cute little town in a mountainous area, about a half-hour drive north of Kalamata. I […]
One place that really captured my interest in Greece is Meteora. It’s up in Northern Greece and hard to get to for a day trip. We needed an overnight there. We had tried to delay our check-in to Greece the first time around by one day so we could stop in Meteora for an overnight. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for […]
We took a day trip out to Area Synest with our new friends we made here in Greece. I never would have found this stunning little spot if it weren’t for Stephanie! It was a beautiful area that felt like stepping into a fairy tale. They even played relaxing, classical music all throughout the park while you were there. They […]
We are beachfront on the Gulf of Corinth where we are staying. However, immediately to the south of us are mountains galore. This is part of why it takes forever to go around Greece to explore the various ancient sites as we regularly need to go up and over or around the mountains. We have taken several day trips out […]
We are staying on the south side of the Gulf of Corinth. We are about halfway between Patras and Corinth. We have done some trips east along the coast to Corinth and west along the coast to Patras. Overall, we are happy with the location along this stretch that we chose to stay in, just on the outskirts of Derveni, […]
A fabulous find from our Worldschooling group this year is a podcast called Greeking Out which is all about Greek Mythology. We have listened to the entire series and are sad we are at the point where we are only listening week by week now as the new episodes come out. We have learned so much about Greek mythology. There […]