“I was overwhelmed  by the landscapes during the entire trip, as it was far from the quaint white houses and turquoise blue sea I always associated with Greece. The landscape in the Peloponnesus is so much more dramatic. I was struck by beauty of the dark red earth, the dry yellow grass flowers, the pale wild sage, and the solitary century plants dotting the sides of the path we took along the edge of a huge rock cliff overlooking the deep blue sea.”