Peleponnese, Greece

In the Peleponnese we went to some amazing places.
These are some of them:

Mystra from the top

The very top of the Mystra with snow-capped mountains in the background.

Mystra is a massive, ancient settlement, over 760 years old.  Mystra was built on a huge hill so that they could see any invaders coming.  We walked through churches with frescoes (A fresco is a wall painting.) these ones were really, really old.  There are remains of roman baths and houses, some were huge. We climbed hundreds of steps which led to the ruins of a castle.

The Caves of Diros

The caves of Diros are a strech of caves, they are at sea level so you need a canoe to get through them.
I thought that it was amazing.
The caves go for 14 kilometers.  They are made of rock like icicles called; stalagmites and stalactites formed over 1000's of years. The calcium in the water helps make the strands.  A very thin strand the size of a spaghetti strand will take at least 100 years to form.

A old church set in a mountain.

 We followed a little path that was hidden behind some weeds. The path went for a kilometer and at the end was a little, locked up church.  When ever the church is not open for a service (which is once every year) it is locked up.  We tried to find little holes in the wall where we could stick our camera in and take a photo to see what it is like inside.
It was fun to explore.

The amazing old castle in Methoni.

Methoni Castle is humongous.  With a bridge leading to it on one side and sea on the rest,  not many invaders could get in.  It even had it's own turret and moat.  We explored the turret and the castle walls.  It was really cool. 

A cake shop in Gythio (Γύθειο) in the Peleponnese.

 In Gythio we went to this cake shop to buy some Greek sweets!!! Yummmm! We bought some cakes for Amelia's birthday because the cake we made didn't turn out.  We couldn't tell the difference between the flours! (It was all Greek to us!)