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To celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of schools, a friend and I left the sea for a day and went up the mountains last Friday.

The Corinthian Gulf. Sterea Ellada is on the background. If only I could fly!

 We drove for a few hours and headed for Kalavryta for coffee and Planitero (a forest of platanus trees and a river that runs it),  which is my favourite place, for lunch.

Planitero is a forest where fairies live, I'm sure!

Ever wondered how a river is born?
In this case little water comes out of the ground and in just a few meters it turns into a river!
It sounds strange, but it's true!
I'm always in awe whenever I see it!

See what I mean? Isn't it impressive?

The scenery was so diverse that we had to make several stops to take photos despite the heat. There were bare rocky mountains, but also rivers, fir trees and summer flowers; small villages, almost deserted and Kalavryta filled with people on vacation. 

Mega Spilaion Monastery carved on the rocky mountains

Who used to live here? I wonder...

What stroke me most though was the contrast of the golden dry grass against the silver of the olive tree leaves.

If you put all these things along with some great music on the car's cd player and some great food by the river, then you have a special outing!

Our last stop was Agridi at 680 m.

Agridi lies  among the chestnut trees!