Join Reference Librarian Jeff Klapes, ‘The Traveling Librarian,’ for an armchair traveler’s journey through sunny southern Greece. The Peloponnese peninsula is one of the most beautiful regions of the country, but rarely visited by tourists. Home to wild mountain and coastal scenery, and Greece's best olive groves, the southern Peloponnese also has incredible archaeological sites, both from ancient times and also superb Byzantine era churches. We'll visit the modern city of Sparta, home to the ancient warlike city-state that rivaled Athens, and also the stunningly beautiful medieval walled city of Monemvasia, isolated on a protected rocky island just off the coast.

Jeff Klapes is the Head of Reference Services at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Coburn Charitable Society.