Making my way Vox 2008-08-22T07:24:15Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142ad6ca6a47/ In the shadow of the Acropolis Selene tag:vox.com,2008-08-22:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a470100a7f44a22000e 2008-08-22T07:24:15Z 2008-08-22T07:24:15Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cape Sounion The full moon (looking tiny) and Cape Sounion

For the August Full Moon Festival, I went to Sounio to watch the moon rise, this month being the time the moon is closest to the earth. Many ancient sites across Greece were open for the event, including the Acropolis, but I knew that would be ove...

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]]> Πελοπόνησος - Part IV tag:vox.com,2008-08-06:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fae8d2f139000b 2008-08-06T13:45:54Z 2008-08-06T13:45:54Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The entrance to the chapel. Inside the chapel.

Quite possibly the most beautiful chapel I've ever seen; Panagia Plataniotissa, where the chapel of the same name is tucked inside the naturally formed hollow of a large plane tree, which is part of a strange squiggle of three others that grew tog...

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]]> Πελοπόνησος - Part III tag:vox.com,2008-08-06:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fa968e5d4e0002 2008-08-06T13:33:48Z 2008-08-06T13:33:48Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Chapel with No Name. I cannot describe the sheer size of these mountains. Sunset over Kalavryta.

Our next camping site wasn't quite as scenic, but it was still beautiful, set beside a tiny out-of-the-way chapel, near Ancient Lousi and a Temple of Artemis. There was plenty of wildlife though - lizards, grasshoppers, etc. Thankfully I didn't se...

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]]> Πελοπόνησος - Part II tag:vox.com,2008-08-06:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fa968e5cea0002 2008-08-06T13:25:12Z 2008-08-06T13:25:12Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

We did have to battle goats to get there. View to the left of our campsite. View to the right of our campsite.

The views from where we camped on the first night were amazing. We had a mesh roof on the tent, so we could lie in our sleeping bags and watch the stars - I even saw two shooting stars! The views were amazing, night or day, it didn't matter.

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]]> Πελοπόνησος - Part I tag:vox.com,2008-08-06:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fa968efcb50003 2008-08-06T13:16:57Z 2008-08-06T13:16:57Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The first of many chapels, near Evrostina. Chapel panorama, which we camped by. Peloponnese panorama - mountains, lots of them. St George basilica, near Evrostina.

Last week I went on a short tour of Northern Peloponnese, mostly in the Achaea region. One thing I'll say about this area is you will never be short of a chapel to pray in, or in my case, camp by. Over the four days we covered many mountains and s...

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]]> Athens by Night tag:vox.com,2008-08-06:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fae8d2ee61000b 2008-07-29T12:59:05Z 2008-08-06T13:47:03Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Taken from Pendeli

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]]> Αθήνα tag:vox.com,2008-06-05:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700fae8c049e6000b 2008-06-05T22:47:28Z 2008-06-05T22:47:28Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Πλάκα

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]]> Edinburgh II tag:vox.com,2008-04-27:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700e398f3f71c0004 2008-04-27T11:40:53Z 2008-04-27T11:44:09Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Panorama Night shot of a church Cemetery, with the Castle in the background

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]]> Edinburgh tag:vox.com,2008-04-26:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700e398f3cfab0004 2008-04-26T21:48:11Z 2008-04-26T21:48:11Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The view of Edinburgh from The Mound The view from our apartment View from North Bridge The Fountain, with the Castle in the background

I've been kept busy with work and there hadn't been the opportunity to go travelling, however my partner had a week long business trip to Edinburgh lined up and was happy for me to tag along. I love this city, I have many happy memories of what I ...

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]]> Beach tag:vox.com,2008-03-11:asset-6a00d4142ad6ca6a4700f48ce34d9b0003 2008-03-11T11:24:46Z 2008-03-11T11:24:46Z Mela Amara http://melaamara.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Looking towards Itea

Before going to Charmeana, I spent the morning sitting on the beach...

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