Fortress of Palamidi

On our departure day from Nafplio, I got up early to climb the 900+ steps to the Fortress of Palamidi and do a quick tour. It sits atop the hill overlooking Nafplio and offers wonderful views. The fortress was completed in 1714. Yet another beautiful morning for this outing. For breakfast at our hotel, I enjoyed some yummy pancakes (with Agave syrup) -- the first we've found on this trip so far! Our taxi driver Antonio arrived at 11:10 am to drive us the 2 hours to our apartment near the Athens Airport. He had run over a large nail though, and his tire was going flat. Poor guy kept apologizing and asking if we would be OK with a 10 minute delay while he fixed it. His jack wouldn't work though, so he had to contact "The Works" to help him. Ultimately it took about 50 minutes. We were fine with the delay, but he felt bad and was so stressed! He insisted on buying us coffee and a croissant 🙂. We arrived in the Athens suburb of Spata to an updated and excellent apartment, with the most important amenity -- washer and dryer! Spent the afternoon doing our laundry -- so fun to have clean clothes 🙂. Here's the link to our apartment,: https://air.tl/bSRQMUjLRead more