It takes absolutely no imagination to envisage Lord Nestor of Gerênia gabbing with Odysseus’s visiting son at his breezy two-story hilltop palace about 17 kilometers north of the picturesque, pleasant and protected port of Pylos in the Peloponnese.
The beckoning palace ruins, aged and gnarled olive trees and spectacular view over the Read more
The Idiot occasionally interrupts his Mediterranean beachside walking adventure in the Peloponnese by venturing inland to savor a quintessentially Greek treasure like the ruins at Olympia, once a Sanctuary of Zeus and for centuries the venue of the summer Olympic Games.
Zeus himself encouraged the Idiot to abandon the trail on Saturday Read more
The Idiot MedTrekked almost 40 kilometers on the Ionian island of Zakynthos yesterday to reach Shipwreck Bay, which the Michelin Guide contends is “probably Greece’s most famous natural landmark.”
Why didn’t he simply take one of the many boat trips around the island to arrive at sandy Shipwreck beach, which the Michelin Read more
Greek Orthodox churches, chapels and shrines are still a drachma a dozen in the Peloponnese. It’s not uncommon, in fact, for The Idiot to spot two shrines on the same rural street corner.
Two shrines on a country road near Kylini in the northwestern Peloponnese.
And there’s nothing unusual Read more
I was thoroughly enamored a year ago when I cruised under the world’s longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge that links the Peloponnese with mainland Greece. In fact, I interrupted a group reading of “The Odyssey” by passengers aboard the Corinthian II to rush to the top deck to admire the stunning 2.9-kilometer Read more
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