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A castle on the hills of Nafplion, many long steps up!!
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Entrance to Agamemnon's Tomb at Mycenae, a giant bee-hive.
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The entrance, looking outwards.
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The twisty roads around Mycenae.
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A mountain goat climbs over the Mycenaen ruins.
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A tree that caught my attention.
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The town of Nafplion, as seen from the fortress.
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Looking down, onto some beautiful beaches.
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The town of Nafplion at sunset.
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The castle is on the top of this hill -- as we said, a long way
up.
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The view of Nafplion from our hotel room, and the rooftop terrace.
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Flowers on a cactus.
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The cog-railway train we took into the hills of Diakofto, near
Patras.
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Arriving into the village of Mega Spileon -- where the hike to
the monastery begins.
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Looking out the window of the train.
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Another picture of the brook.
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The monastery, set on a hill.
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A view, half-way up our hike from the train to the monastery.
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Us on top of the mountain.
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Another picture, taken from another fortress in Nafpaktos.
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The walls of that fortress.
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The sea from Nafpaktos, and the land on the other side is the Peloponese.
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The fortress at Nafpaktos, especially nice because it's abandonned
so you can go for a quiet walk or just explore.
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The sea.
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The view from a restaurant in Delphi.
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The ruins at Delphi.
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A closer view.
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And another view.
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A shop selling sponges in Athens, just one of many.
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Ampitheatre, near the Acropolis.
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Columns of the Acropolis.
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The Parthenon.
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Another view of the many ruins around the Acropolis.
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