Today I travelled a little bit. A yesterday call from the police station informed that after my car was stolen on November it became the reason of a car accident on November 18th. Either the thief was not a good driver or my Dolly was not exactly so discipline horse for him. Oh yes!!! I am so happy about it!

Anyway… the thief after the accident gave the papers of the car to the driver of the other car and left him when he understood that the police was on its way to come at the place of the accident. He took the car with him so the police found and gave me only the car's papers. That is all it did for me and Dolly.

After 3 months I don't have any hope to find again my car but I had to travel at the area and make an application to the local police station in order to have an official copy of the report of the accident because the car's insurance needed it.

I drove 300 km today for this purpose but I enjoyed the trip a lot. The weather was perfect and it was really a pleasure the driving with my MG. Well… my new car has a name now. I gave him a male name (because for me it is a male car) the name Vrasidas. I know that many of you will laugh (mostly the Greek friends) with this name but that is how looks to me. Male and Greek... my bad boy!

I know that you like to come with me when I travel around Greece . So… come with me at this trip. You will enjoy it as much as I did.

Some historical information about this canal.

In the age of myth Corinthia was always being thrown into turmoil by tribes pouring into the Peloponnese from the Isthmus. With the setting of the Dorians (9th c. BC), Corinth 's history began.

It became a great naval power and perfected the trireme. The Corinthians were the first to have the idea of cutting through the Isthmus but were unable to accomplish this feat. Instead they invented and built a paved slipway, called the diolkos, to haul their boats over the Isthmus. They were foremost in the arts, particularly ceramics. The 5th century was their most glorious period.

It was Periander who first considered to open a Canal through the Isthmos. Demetrios Poliorketes seriously considered the idea and started working on it, but he was warned that the difference in sea levels would drawn Aigina and other small islands.

Nero sent 6000 slave Jews who dug a ditch 3300 meters in length and 40 meters wide, but the project was abandoned. Herod of Atticos, the Byzantines, the Venetians, they all tried. The Canal was opened after the Greek independence and between the years 1882 - 1893. It is 6346m long, and the width is 24,6m at sea level, the depth of the sea is 8m.

I continued my travel to Kiato and it was the first time I visited this area.

Kiato is an offshore town located in the northern part of the prefecture of Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Kiato is located in a hammock area which is lettered by lemon trees, orange trees, and other fruit-bearing trees. It has a lot of touristic activity mainly in the summer.
The ancient name of Kiato was Sikiona and the municipality of Sikyona is named after this place. In the antiquity it had a great prosperity, specially from the middle of the 2nd century BC. Kiato is linked with GR-8 and the Elissos river flows near the centre of Kiato. It also serves a junction to a road linking to Stymfalia and also Levidi to the southwest.

Grovelands surround Kiato while fruits and vegetable farming lie to the southeast and parts near Kiato. Forests lie within the shorelines to the east and west and some to the south and along the hills. The hills lie to the south.

I followed my instinct and I found easily the police station I searched, I made the application for the copy of the report and I left to go back to my work.
I tried to press my car to not speed too much but… it was not an easy task in a day like this one. I was lucky … No speed ticket for today and I was back to my office at 2 p.m.

A nice day for me and my Vrasidas but brought me back memories of Dolly.