The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Fortunately the Minoen archeological site at Gournia can be seen from the road. We are cutting short our stay by 3 days and leaving tomorrow at the crack of dawn due to rain, lower temperatures and everything closed but we have really enjoyed our time here. Heureusement le site archéologique minoen de Gournia est visible …
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Fortunately we were able to visit one of the oldest oak trees in the world today – at least 3250 years old. Heureusement nous avons pu visiter l’un des plus vieux oliviers du monde aujourd’hui – au moins 3250 ans d’âge.
This is the very place where I recklessly threw an empty glass over my shoulder into the water on Christmas Eve 1976. I recognized it immediately but that was all. Today Greece closed all its restaurants, cafés, museums and archeological sites until at least 30th March. There are no declared cases of covid 19 in …