After cycling down the beautiful and rugged coast from Xiropighadho we turned inland, cycling through the surprising little gem of Leonidhio and into the Parnonas mountains. This is the land of the Spartans. On one side of modern day Sparta are the Parnonas and on the other side the even more intense Taygetos mountains. An unforgiving land makes a tough people.
We cycled some crazy steep roads full of switchbacks to the reward of Elona Monastery and then continued on to our home for the night, a Saint Dhimitrios church and sanctuary for mountain hikers. Tomorrow, Sparta.
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