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At 6:00 PM March 17, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:39 a.m. Sunset (local): 6:37 p.m.	Weather 60°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 85 mi / 137 km Cumulative Total 3232 mi / 5205 km	Lat: 37° 34' 02" N Lon: 22° 48' 11" E Elev: 102 ft / 31 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Nafplio ()
Where We're Staying: Pansion Acronafplio
Places We Visited: schools in Corinth and Loutraki, Corinth Canal, archaeological site at Epidaurus
Featured Site: Amphitheater of Epidaurus
Person of the Day: Michael Popakalodoukos
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: Spanakopita is a filo dough (thin sheets of layered pasta with butter brushed in between each layer) pastry stuffed with spinach. Sold by street vendors and almost every bakery, spanakopitta is a quick, economical, tasty and filling snack.; Breakfast: spanakopita, Greek coffee, juice; Lunch: pastries and fruit; Dinner: zatziki, Greek salad, chicken giro (chicken pieces on a skewer); Olive count: 1875
Word of the Day: "Belosphorom" is how you say "football" in Greek. While in America this would mean American football, everywhere else in the world, it means soccer.
Tech Fact of the Day: In trying to figure out the population of an ancient towns, one rule of thumb that archeologists follow is to multiply the seating capacity of the town's amphitheater by a factor of 10. For example, the amphitheater of Epidaurus has a seating capacity of 14,000 spectators, therefore it served a population of around 140,000. Obviously this is an approximate measurement, but it does give archeologists an idea of the size of the city they are excavating.: Flat Count (Cumulative): 22; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 27

Next Stop: Tripoli ()

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