Month: September 2022

Continued north today up the west coast of the Mani. We were on the main road, which is a main road until it hits a town or village, then it becomes a very narrow street with parked cars! We stopped

More of an eventful day today as we headed south. Some twisting narrow roads through the mountains, first to Flomichori where we saw our first village with tower houses in it. These houses are all over the southern part of

Drove a little bit further south down the east coast this morning and stopped in this lovely working fishing village called Kotronas. Managed to park on the jetty, so got a sea view out of both sides and the bonus

Instead of going further south, we cut across to the west today which has brought us on to the Mani Peninsula of the Peloponnese. It’s different again scenery wise and very beautiful so far. We called first at the lovely

We had a quiet nights sleep last night parked on the causeway to this rocky island. It’s just like Gibraltar from a distance and the town is completely hidden from view until you reach the far end of the rock,

Glad we’d planned to leave the campsite this morning as our new German neighbour with an interesting mullet haircut mentioned the word Kalashnikov twice in two very brief conversations 😬- he even likened the clicking of Guys camera to one!

Another day here at the campsite in order to get a bit of cleaning done and another load of washing. Couldn’t believe it actually rained last night out of the blue. Seems all I have to do is peg washing

Well, I’ve never heard of a doline either. It’s a kind of a sinkhole type thing but in a rock. To me, it looked like a meteorite had hit, leaving a bowl shape in the earth. What an amazing place

So many names for these places! Can’t believe how crazy it was last night. It seems these sleepy little seaside towns turn into something entirely different come 11pm – mainly a motorbike race track! 🙄 We managed to get up

We thought the sun beds stacked up on the beach immediately outside our van were put away for winter, but at bang on 7am this morning they were being put back out in regimented rows. Saturday – of course; it