Greeking Out, Part 2

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 […]

Valira and Area

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 […]

Greeking Out, Part 1

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 […]