We enjoyed on very full day here in Finikounda on Thursday.
In the morning Jonathan and Manny headed to the Mycenean place of Nestor,
several kilometers above the town of Yialova, visiting the ancient site as well
as the great king’s traditional resting place—the large, well-preserved
Tholos tomb.
Mistraki
We have made new friends and cultivated old friendships over
the course of eight days. Our English friend John invited us to his isolated
stone house in the village of Mistraki (population: 5), where we enjoyed lunch
on his terrace with a long view across the gulf to Kardamyli. Lucia enjoyed
visiting with John’s son Sam, a lighted-hearted and generous chap with a broad
smile. The seven of us took a walk through John’s woods.
Dinner with our
Landlady and Family
Kuria Irini mas ekana
trapezi (literally: she set a table for us) on her patio in the village.
Her husband Yioyio grilled pork and chicken, and Irini and her daughter Yiota
provided all the trimmings—salads, tzatziki, breads, cheese, olive oil, garden
vegetables (from land in nearby Loutsa), and homemade wine. Yiota’s brother
Taki and his girlfriend Chrisoula joined us, as did several people who simply
strolled by and were promptly invited up for a glass of wine and a meze (appetizer). We finished dinner at
11 p.m. and then readied ourselves to go out.
This was a chance to meet up with our British friends at an
outdoor taverna (hint: they are all outdoors, from April through October) on
the beach in Loutsa. It was hardly a melancholy goodbye because we not, without
any doubts, that we will be back to visit in the years to come.
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