Greek words to remember for today:

yasu/yasas (Hello)
andio (Goodbye)
sas efkharisto (Thank you)
signome (Excuse me)
milate anglika? (Do you speak English?)

18:37

We changed trains in Kyparissia and are now on a smaller commuter train to Kalamata. This last leg cuts across the Peloponnese, leaving the coastline behind and skirting some tree-covered mountains before turning south again. There are some gloomy coulds overhead, and even a few raindrops, but it looks like it's clearer to the south, where we're going.

I've enlisted some help to find a hotel in Kalamata: George, a covernment official on his weekly trip down to Kalamata to teach an economics course there. From what he told me, it sounds like there will be a few choices, with the nicests ones by the beach. I think maybe I was prattling on a bit too much about my trip though: he's taken his radio up to the other end of the car to listen to it and look out at the scenery...
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