On the way home from the Sanctuary of Asklepios (Epidavros), we took a slight detour to check out what is believed to be the oldest Mycenean bridge in Europe. The Mycenaean civilization existed prior to the Ancient Greek civilization, and consisted of mainland Greeks who were influenced by people in the Mediterranean and Crete.
Greece / International Travel
Sanctuary of Asklepios
On one of Neil’s vacation days, we drove 30 mins from Nafplio to visit the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidavros. The highlight for Felix was the variety of vehicles he found on the site.
Greece / International Travel
Two beaches near Nafplio
One of our first priorities in Nafplio after settling in and sourcing our groceries was to find beach. The weather was scorching and we desperately wanted to cool off. Paralia Arvanitias (Arvanitias Beach) is a 5 min drive or 15 min walk from our airbnb. The other beach we frequented was Karathonas Beach.
Greece / International Travel
Departure and arrival adventures
The weekend before our departure, Felix attended a friend’s birthday party. A few days later, his friend’s mom called to say that she’d tested positive for Covid. She drove Felix to and from the party. Fortunately, both were masked. The day before we were to leave for Greece, Felix started feeling unwell. He was feverish, […]
Greece / International Travel
2-month trips with carry-on luggage
When we spent two months in Spain back in 2019, we travelled only with carry-on luggage, which on most airlines is a small suitcase that you can heft into the overhead bin and a small backpack/handbag to fit under the seat in front of you. The reasons for this were: Checking a bag costs extra […]
Repairs
More BBQ Repairs
Our barbecue is now at least 11 years old. Last year we invested >$200 refurbishing it, so when it ran into trouble again recently we still wanted to repair rather than replace. This time around, there were multiple problems: The control knob for the right burner broke off. One of the igniter electrodes was dangling […]
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Unexpected glasses
At a recent visit for a regular checkup, the optometrist discovered that one of Lara’s eyes wasn’t seeing as well as the other. Since a single Ortho-K contact lens is $240 (we had just replaced her pair in July), we made several visits to try to troubleshoot the issue. One of the steps was to […]
Activities / Projects
Waterwheel project
Lara’s class was learning about energy in class and they had to do a slide presentation about hydropower. She decided she also wanted to make a waterwheel to show how water turns a wheel, and the energy transfers through a rod to generate electricity.