Day 23 - 02 October 2016
The heat is going to kill me!
I was really tired after yesterday. Went to bed and fell asleep, fully clothed with the TV and lights on. It was OK because I had the attic room. Woke up at 05:30 and went to bed properly. Got up at 07:30, abluted and went down for breakfast. What a spread. Toast, sweet rolls, bacon, sausage, ratatouille, eggs, fruit, biscuits, cakes, yogurt and honey as well as freshly squeezed orange juice and coffee. Eat as much as you want buffet for only €6.00. I didn't make a pig of myself, but I had a really good breakfast.
After that good breakfast, I went for a short walk and then to the archaeological museum. It was an interesting exhibition of finds from the digs in the area.
After that it was off to Tiryns. Tiryns was a hill fort with occupation ranging back seven thousand years, from before the beginning of the Bronze Age. It reached its height between 1400 and 1200 BC, when it was one of the most important centers of the Mycenaean world, and in particular in Argolis. Its most notable features were its palace, its cyclopean tunnels and especially its walls, which gave the city its Homeric epithet of "mighty walled Tiryns". In ancient times, the city was linked to the myths surrounding Herakles, with some sources citing it as his birthplace.
Now there were two ways to get to Tiryns - the first was to take a taxi, explore for 30 minutes and then be taken back again for €20.00. The other is to take the bus which would cost €3.60 and spend an hour there. I took the bus! You walk around the site and wonder how they did it. Those blocks of stone are huge and the wall is so thick. How did they do it all those years ago. I was surprised at how many people were there. We must have been about 30 people.
I got back into town at 13:00. It was so hot I actually felt ill. I went back to my hotel and stayed indoors until 16:00. After that I took the hop on hop off bus around Nafplio. Drifted around town and had something to eat.
A Chicken Mitato. Excellent choice!
Then back to the hotel. It was just too hot. Went out for dinner at 21:00 and then off to bed. Not a very busy day.
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