Balkan Wargamer

We had a few hours in Athens on Saturday before our flight back to Edinburgh. A trip to the Parthenon and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...

HI visited ancient Mycenae today. Situated in the foothills of Mount Zara near Argos, it was the capital of the mighty Mycenaean civilisatio...

Today I took the short journey to Epidavros, a sanctuary of Asclepius, the God of medicine. The star attraction is the theatre, which can se...

The port of Nafplio in the Peloponnese is an absolute must see for the military history buff. It has three castles and a very pretty town to...

One of my bucket list trips ticked off yesterday, with a visit to Sparta. Modern Sparta isn't much of a destination, although they have ...

The ancient city of Corinth is just few miles south of the modern Corinth Canal and the narrow Isthmus that separates the Peloponnese from t...