The Daily Allyndreth – 30 June 2015 (Isthmia, Corinth Canal)
Today we mostly focused on getting from Xiropigado to Athens, so we didn’t stop too much for sightseeing. What we saw was actually really worthwhile.
This morning I asked if we could see more temples because we’ve mostly seen castles, and I don’t think that’s what Greece is about, so our first stop was the Temple of Poseidon in Isthmia. There wasn’t much of the actual temple left, but there was this awesome tile floor of a Roman Bath covering the original Greek pool.
They even had DOLPHINS!!!
After that, we went to lunch along a not-so-famous but totally cool submersible bridge across the Corinth Canal. It’s basically a drawbridge, except instead of drawing itself up for the boats to go through, it goes down under the water so the boats can go over the bridge. We were lucky enough to, while eating, see the bridge lower and see 2 tug boats go through.
bridge up…
bridge going down…
Boat going over…
After that, we went to a pedestrian bridge that spans the canal and we saw one of the tug boats from earlier come back through with a big ship trailing behind. And we saw 3 sailboats. The canal is REALLY narrow.
Evya decided to wave…
Then we got to our Athens apartment with these awesome chairs!
The chairs all have their own personality!
– Allyndreth