Yeah I really struggled for a title for this one. I had only decided this morning that I would visit the ski centre. I’d called Alex the taxi driver and had arranged for him to pick me up from the hotel. Now the whole point of this trip was to see Greece in winter. It…
After my visit to the site of the massacre on Kappi Ridge earlier today, I was in a quandary about how to spend the rest of the day. As part of the Kalavryta City Pass I have a ticket for the Cave of Lakes in Kastria. I walk to the taxi rank which is just…
After visiting the Kalavryta Holocaust Museum yesterday, I want to walk up to the memorial site on the Kappi Ridge. I can see the large cross on the hill from my hotel balcony, just over the tops of the pan-tiled rooves across the road. This morning, however, even though the sky is bright, there are…
Last night I went out to eat at a nearby taverna called Stani Taverna Kalavryta. It’s a large place though only part of the seating area is being used. A log fire is roaring away and this along with the stone walls adorned with agricultural tools gives it a nice rustic feel. I realised earlier…
When I arrived in Diakopto last night it was pitch black and all that I’d noticed was the large church in the square by the train station. Now daylight has broken I can see that the village is surrounded by mountains. The area looks relatively affluent with wide avenues, large modern style villa’s where lemon…