Our Home in Nafplio

This month we are staying just outside Old Town Nafplio. There are grocery stores, pharmacies, coffee shops, and restaurants nearby. We’re an easy walk from the pedestrian streets lined with shops and the harbor lined with super-yachts.

Our second-floor apartment is not fancy, but it is spacious, with a full kitchen and a nice shower, and very clean. It also has air conditioning, which we are thankful for since it is quite hot outside, nearly 90℉ in the afternoon. I was hoping for cooler temperatures, since we’re at the end of summer and near the water. But Greece recently had a major heat wave, with temperatures reaching 110℉ in July and wildfires breaking out in August. It IS cooler now, and technically I got my wish. I guess I need to be more specific with my wishing.

In Spain, we learned how easy it is to hang our clothes to dry, and to plan ahead for sufficient time to do it. Here in Greece, we have a clothesline on the balcony, which is convenient as long as we don’t drop anything (it would fall in the neighbor’s yard). A new laundry challenge was understanding the controls on the washing machine. Thank goodness for the Google Translate app! I just pointed my phone camera at the knob, and then knew what to do.

The tap water is fine for washing, showering, brushing teeth, etc.. But it doesn’t taste good (it’s salty), so we’re using bottled water for drinking and cooking.

Another new experience in Greece is disposing of toilet paper properly. Toilet paper cannot be flushed, due to old sewage systems with narrow pipes. We have learned to fold the paper and put it in a little step can, and to empty the step can every day or two. I just wish the toilets here had bidets.

At the end of our street we can see Palamidi, the old Venetian fortress up on the hill. We’re planning to climb up for a closer look.