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patterns_bloom) wrote2017-09-18 06:27 pm
patterns_bloom) wrote2017-09-18 06:27 pm
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Nafpilon
Alana's arrival to the city of Nafpilon entailed getting from Delphi to Athens to the Peloponnese via bus, metro, and on foot. By the time she made it from the KTEL station to her little hotel, she was already in love.
Legend has it that there are 999 steps to the top of the Palamidi Fortress. Alana started counting at the bottom, but then became distracted by the view of the peninsula, which she spends hours committing to paper with charcoal. The fortress, built in the 18th century, fell to the Turks before it was finished, but was later repossessed by the Greeks in 1822. Alana enjoys exploring the eight bastions, and seeing where Kolokotronis, one of the heroes from the War of Independence, was supposedly imprisoned.
At the end of the day, she acquires a coffee at the port, and ambles along the promenade, people watching. The sunset is gorgeous; the lighting in Greece almost makes the trip there worthwhile, and Alana purchases colored pencils to render it in color.
Legend has it that there are 999 steps to the top of the Palamidi Fortress. Alana started counting at the bottom, but then became distracted by the view of the peninsula, which she spends hours committing to paper with charcoal. The fortress, built in the 18th century, fell to the Turks before it was finished, but was later repossessed by the Greeks in 1822. Alana enjoys exploring the eight bastions, and seeing where Kolokotronis, one of the heroes from the War of Independence, was supposedly imprisoned.
At the end of the day, she acquires a coffee at the port, and ambles along the promenade, people watching. The sunset is gorgeous; the lighting in Greece almost makes the trip there worthwhile, and Alana purchases colored pencils to render it in color.