Thanks.

I don't have many memories of it, but it played an extremely important role in my life.

Family and friends, we went to Loutraki for the day and to swim while the elders use the baths.

On the way back, a girl sitting in the back stood up for me when somebody said something a bit nasty to me, I turned around to look at her (we were friends) and as I looked her in the eyes, I fell in love.

I ended up loving her for over 25 years and in many ways, a daughter she had become like a daughter to me (I thought of her as the daughter of my heart).

In all, I'm glad I went to Loutraki.

Since Loutraki is close to the isthmus, I'll tell you a small historical story that not many know.

If you recall, in WWII, the Italians started as allies of Germany, invaded Greece and the Germans had to rush in to save them. Then Italy broke the alliance and Greeks had to save the lives of thousands of Italian prisoners. The Germans decided to get rid of their Italian prisoners, so they placed them on a train for the Peloponese. Whem it rode over the Isthmus, the rails had been removed and the train fell down. There were no survivors.

Greece has always been a country of tragedy, hasn't it?