Today was a bit of an odd day as we didn’t have a plan. Well, we’d actually had a great plan but it fell apart last night. Our plan was to go to Diakopto and ride the train through a gorge as a surprise for Number 3. Last night, we learned that the train hasn’t operated since February. Anyhow, we decided to go there anyway and walk along the tracks. According to the Lonely Planet this is a thing people do even when the train is operating.
So we walked the tracks for a while, had lunch and turned back. From Diakopto, we drove towards Athens which we will visit tomorrow. On the way, Flo wanted to look at the Canal of Corinth, just as a human-made feature. It turned out to be quite cool plus, it had a great bakery right next to it.
We had a lovely morning in camp. Unfortunately, the kids’ play companion from last night slept in until we left.
Oh, behind a palm tree! Let’s sneak up…
Number 3 sitting at the water’s edge, content with his thoughts
The kids digging a hole for play
Excitement about train cars!
The old cars were just left on the tracks and were vandalized a little. Not as much as I would’ve guessed though
The old steam engine (rack and pinion, says Flo)
The Agent in the driver’s seat
The train cars in the back are the “new” ones, usually operating on the tracks
The start of the tracks. We were sure there was no train going
On the way in, the Agent was’t too convinced about walking the tracks. She did her own thing.
Number 3 playing locomotive on the tracks
Pretty steep
The surrounding stone walls were fukll of caves and holes
We just made this track-side nook our lunch place
There’s a lot of great Greek snack food, like pies filled with spinach or cheese. You just buy it in a bakery and you’re set for lunch
On the way back, the Agent was allowed to be the locomotive
Someone was really tired from all the walking and pretending to be a train
You can cross in a car or on foot
This bridge is right before the canal goes out to the gulf. It is submergable, if ships want to use the canal
It’s a bit nuts, isn’t it? They just took out so much rock here.
The pink platform in the middle is to bungy jump off it 😉
Right in the distance, you should be able to see the submergable bridge!
Yep. it`s pretty high!
Fascinating stuff for Number 3
A building advertising “Bakery box” and “Coffee box” must be right up our alley. Snack time!
Number 3 found this sign to be hilarious. Especially since there was a dog around….but not in the parking spot.
AoE drinking cocoa over the canal of Corinth
There is a city camp in Athens but we didn’t get a spot. When I called they told me to try again in 1 1/2 months. So we camped 38km northeast of Athens.
The campsite had a bit of a roof so we sat under it and Flo cooked dinner
The light had already turned a bit hazy during dinner and afterwards, it just looked like apocalypse struck. My first thought was a fire somewhere.
In the end, it turned out to be another incident of Sahara sand. For here on, there was sand everywhere and we kept seeing people trying to clean it off.
