At night, there’s the clatter of pots from the tavernas and the sound of laughter under lights around the harbour. Locals of the town of Nafplio fish at the harbour, which overlooks the Argolic Gulf on the eastern side of the Peloponnese. As ever, the specific sites on Odysseus’ island were enigmatic at best. After a long evening at a taverna, under coloured lights and grape leaves, she descended into a boat with a new friend while I trudged back to our small hotel alone. Yachties had discovered Vathy, the little main town gathered around a port, and blond Knightsbridgeites encircled the bust of Homer.

Source: bd News24 May 19, 2019 09:45 UTC