Thursday, April 6, 2017

Report #96 Nafplion, Greece April 5, 2017 Wednesday Chance of rain & 68 degrees Part #2 of 3 87 Pictures

More pictures of Nafplion…..

 

Souvenirs, of course

 

Looking for just the right treasure

 

Cats are here too

 

Streets are still wet from the evening rain

 

The largest square at this end

 

Historic buildings

 

Stores will open later

 

Vegetables and fruit stands

 

Library

 

Prettiest balcony

 

Shops and apartments

 

Street cafes

 

A hair salon

 

Easter decorations

 

Spring decorations

 

Stone structure

 

Built like a citadel

 

Castle

 

Government building

 

Going the opposite way in town

 

A pedestrian walkway

 

The trees were good for shade

 

Kolokotronis statue

 

Impressive on his horse

 

Park walk

 

Old Train Station

 

End of the line

 

Train station

 

The start of the flea market

 

Fire station

 

A fire truck

 

Greek sign on the fire engine

 

Leather belts – good prices

 

Clothing

 

Affordable

 

Fresh produce

 

Mandarins and cabbages

 

Bananas are probably from Ecuador

 

These tomatoes are from here

 

Sweet red onions

 

Huge heads of cabbage

 

Artichokes….wish they served them on the ship

 

Lemons and apples

 

Greek olives

 

Dried beans

 

Many local shoppers today

 

Cabbage and cauliflower

 

Parsley and celantro

 

Peppers

 

Potted plants

 

Flowers and herbs

 

Dried and packaged foods

 

The best way to buy produce

 

Celery

 

Candy is sold by the kilo

 

So many varieties

 

Radishes and onions and beets

 

Fresh fish

 

Different types of seafood

 

Nothing is packaged

 

We saw no flies

 

The big catch

 

A large fish

 

Smaller types

 

Shrimps

 

Will be sold by the end of the day

 

Snapper perhaps

 

Fish is good, but don't like the bones

 

Squid?

 

Pike?

 

Sweet tomatoes and leeks

 

A shed

 

Potted flowers

 

End of the flea market

 

Municipal Park

 

Fortress

 

Looking for a pizza place

 

Following the park back to town

 

Flowering wisteria

 

A pond with large ducks

 

Reminded us of home

 

Female duck

 

They sleep during the day

 

Grafitti

 

Houses

 

Something important