My grandparents gave us a suitcase collection for a Shower present, and I am so thankful!

We were wondering if we should pack Christopher's hiking pack for our trip to Greece, and now we have a more manageable (and more attractive, lol) option.

Thinking of our trip, I've been reading Rick Steves' Athens and the Peloponnese. We were given a copy of the travel guru's guide from Peggy, a close family friend. Steves' has a lengthy section devoted to Nafplio.

Writes Steves':

"Note that the town's name can be spelled a staggering number of different ways in English: Nafplio(n), Nauplio(n), Navplio(n), Naufplio(n), Nauvplio(n), and so on. This makes it tricky to look for information online; try all the variations until you find one that works."

Our apartment is in the Old Town section of Nafplio. We are staying near St. George Square, named for the large cathedral dedicated to St. George. It was the neighborhood church of King Otto.

St. George is the Patron Saint of Greece, and we will be in Greece on his Feast Day: April 23rd. Christopher and I are not sure if we will be able to participate in a small local festival, or an enormous local festival. Either way, we're sure to have fun and enjoy a colorful Mass.

According to Steves':

"Back outside, surveying St. George Square, you get a feel for an old Nafplio neighborhood. Well-worn Neoclassical buildings date--like most of Old Town--from the boom that followed the city's rise to prominance when it was Greece's first capital. During the 1820s and the 1830s, Nafplio became a haven to regufees from other lands still threatened by the Ottomans."