At 8pm I walked back down the Kali Strata and went to the Dolphin for dinner where I ordered the pollo pasta which was delicious. The bill with a glass of wine and a small bottle of water was 12 euros. The waiter brought a complimentary glass of raki with the bill. Unfortunately I don’t like raki and had to leave it, but it was a nice gesture. The harbour at night is stunningly beautiful all lit up, with the moon half shrouded in cloud high up on the hillside. As I’d already walked up the Kali Strata once that day, I caught the 10 o clock bus back to Horio and popped into the Sunrise for a nightcap.
28/9/18
Woke up to rain – though it had stopped by the time I’d finished off Sam’s eggs for breakfast (scrambled this time). There was still a lot of grey cloud around but I decided to make the most of the slightly lower temperatures and walk up the Vigla – with a couple of plastic bags in my back pack to protect my camera, phone and kindle if it started raining. I walked through the village and on the donkey path where, instead of going straight on, I took the path on the left going up the hill towards the main road. When I reached the road I turned right and continued walking until I reached the sharp left hand bend where I continued straight ahead, taking the moni-path to Aghia Ekaterini monastery. This was a lovely path with beautiful views over the valley and a few goats to keep me company. When I reached the little monastery (gates were locked) I sat on the wall for a while admiring the view whilst listening to the birds tweeting, the buzz of insects and the occasional goat bell – it was beautiful. Two ladies stopped for a chat on their way to Nanou and one of them had read my blog
. I walked on and re-joined the road and after about 15 minutes walking took the path on the left up to the Vigla. It was very windy, which meant the climb wasn’t too hot. The views from the top are breath-taking – you can see for miles, right over Yialos, Horio and Pedi and far out to sea.
I made my way back to Horio via the road and stopped for lunch at the Olive Tree where I had a very nice salad bowl with pita and a large bottle of water – followed by a slice of chocolate cake that I spotted when I went in to pay the bill and ate back on my balcony. The bill was 12 euros and it was all delicious.
Unfortunately there are still no photos as my phone keeps saying 'low memory' when I try to upload them and when I've tried to open them on the netbook from my email account I get a message saying that the server is down. I will try again later - or tomorrow.