Our last day together was spent doing a trip back to Nafplio. We cabbed to the sketchy intercity bus station I had gone to a month ago when I was hopelessly trying to get to Pylos.
The bus ride was only two hours. The town's only across the Isthmus and I love travelling towards my destination.. more often than actually arriving there...
We went for lunch first and thank god the restaurant had high-powered fans spraying water that turned into coldish air once it reached us...
We had planned on climbing the 1000 steps up to the AcroNafplio, but I finally drew the line. There's only so much I'll do -- I think I pushed myself well past my usual limits this past month and a hlaf that I decided to take it easy --- for once. Lianne was real happy to hear this, because she didn't really want to go up there too... Next time; when it's not blistering HOT.
So instead of climbing up 1000 steps, we went back to our favourite gelato shop. Good compromise eh?!
We did some window shopping afterwards and went back to that damn shop where I got a really nice FAKE silver ring. UGH. I saw the exact same ring in the glass case and could feel my head bubbling.
I asked how much it was and thankfully, for her sake, she gave me the same 'discount' that I caved in at the first time around.
If I could roll my eyes big enough for this freaking episode, I would.
At least I didn't get ripped off from the rip off... UGH. I'll just fix my damn beautiful ring when I get back to Canada.
The heat had sky-rocketed to a whopping 45 degrees abd we had had enough. We went back to the small bus station, just missed the bus to Athens and waited another hour --- at least the A/C was working great.
The trip to Nafplio was good, despite the heat. I think what made it worth it, at least in my books (besides the gelato) was that the bus took a backroad near the Isthmus and I got a clear view and SHOT of the ISTHMUS!
BUENO!
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