Greece - Nafplio on the Argolic Gulf

We finally have to take a look at the Peloponnese, this palm-shaped peninsula. Behind Corinth we roll through the mountains and arrive at Nafplio on the Argolic Gulf.

We don't quite know what we like better: the turquoise sea, the typical Greek town with its tavernas or the large square where children scamper around loudly and laughing.

First, let's go out for Greek food. It's hard to believe, but in the 5.5 months of winter 2020/2021 we didn't eat Greek food once. No restaurant was open. Now we're making up for it. And - curious and above all hungry as we are - we order far too much!

And enjoy. At some point, however, one can no longer speak of enjoying, we stuff ourselves. It's been a long time since we both went on strike during dessert.

Instead of an extended stroll through the old town (which would certainly have done us good), we go to Felixos, who also has a nice pitch right by the harbour. We lie down in bed, it's Saturday afternoon and sofa time, and just fall asleep. Deep and hard, our bodies try to concentrate all their energy on digestion. Only when the daylight disappears in an orange-violet sunset behind Nafplio do we wake up.

Now we are drawn to the city, we hear children's voices whooping, young people playing tag and hide and seek in the market square. We look for a small bar, have a drink and observe the hustle and bustle of a Greek town on a Saturday evening. And once again: beautiful! Simply beautiful. Pure life.

Nafplio is said to be one of the most romantic cities in Greece. We don't know them all, of course, but Nafplio is really beautiful! According to mythology, the city was founded by Nafplios, the son of the god Poseidon and the daughter of Danaus Anymone. Aha. The fortress here, like apparently all fortresses in Greece, was alternately under Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Turkish rule.

All conquerors have left their mark on the city and left their traces in architecture, culture and traditions. The filthy lucre, our souvenir-addicted consumer society, also did and unfortunately still does its part. We walk between ancient walls, medieval castles, monuments and statues, Ottoman fountains, Venetian and neoclassical buildings. Unique!

Later, we quickly change the car park, because we realise that Saturday evening and the harbour car park could be noisy from a horsepower-and-testoron-technical point of view. So we move a few hundred metres further into the pensioners' rest area and fall asleep to the gentle sound of the waves.

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