My Big Fat Greece Trip 2024

This morning, we visited the highly acclaimed National Archaeological Museum . Considered one of the  greatest museums in the world, it houses the richest collection of Greek antiquities on the planet, as well  as collections dating from Roman, Mycenaean, and Classical times. Afterwards, we departed by coach to the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Greece’s southernmost region, which is  separated from the mainland by the Corinth canal. Then visit the evocative ruins and Museum of Ancient Corinth , one of the country’s largest cities in antiquity. Boasting a population of 90,000 in 400 BCE, Corinth was demolished by the Romans three centuries later, then rebuilt in 44 BCE by Julius Caesar shortly before his assassination. Today only low stone walls, foundations, and a few iconic Corinthian order columns stand as testament to the city that once flourished here. In addition to its ties to Greek and Roman history, Corinth is well known for a strong connection to Christianity: Pa...

Today the three D’s as we are called by the group decided to stay in town and explore Nafplion instead of following the itinerary. We walked to the town square and looked in all the shops. Later we had delicious chicken soup with zucchini, carrots, and potatoes in broth and had lunch on the terrace of the hotel overlooking the Aegean Sea.  This was the itinerary for the group: We embark on an exploration of the Peloponnesian Peninsula today, beginning with the imposing ruins at Mycenae, a hilltop UNESCO site that represented the pinnacle of Greek civilization from the 15th to the 12 centuries BCE — and is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Europe. In fact, this period of Greek history is called the Mycenaean, as this Peloponnesian city’s dominion extended throughout the whole of southern Greece.  A key influence on the development of classic Greek culture (and hence Western civilization), Mycenae also is linked to Homer’s epics, the Iliad and The Odyssey . Mycenae’s Kin...