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Sean's delicious lunch of fried bait fish. We both had a great lunch at Mezedopoleio O Noulis; then, as we were getting up to leave, a gentleman at the table next to ours introduced himself, welcomed us to Greece and to Nafplio, and bought us each a dessert (Greek yogurt with fruit preserved in simple syrup ... so, so good.) I'm not saying something like this will definitely happen to you when you go to Greece, but it probably will.
Early morning on the bay in front of ancient Asine.
Asine is mentioned by Homer as one of the cities that supplied ships for the Trojan war and they are said to have set off to Troy from this bay under the command of Diomedes.
"Mycenae (Greek: Μυκῆναι Mykēnai or Μυκήνη Mykēnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
"In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of 32 hectares.
"The first correct identification of Mycenae in modern literature was during a survey conducted by Francesco Grimani, commissioned by the Provveditore Generale of the Kingdom of the Morea in 1700, who used Pausanias's description of the Lion Gate to identify the ruins of Mycenae."
Source: Wikipedia