Wow, we just came back from dinner at the local taverna where we ate the other night. Such a friendly family, and some of the patrons appear to be locals. We had zatziki (rich thick yoghurt with cucumber and garlic), fried pork pieces with green peppers, sautéed mushrooms, Greek salad with olives, capers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and local feta, and all sopped up with crusty bread. We washed it down with the slightly dirty taste of retsina (all we could afford to drink last time) and so reminiscent of Greece. The daughter and her father served us while the mother and son cooked. And all the while we were sitting on the side of the road and it's warm enough to wear a singlet top - yah!, then they bought us yoghurt with quinces and preserved grapes in thick honeyed sauces, and raki (local firewater) flavoured with honey, and the local citron liqueur. Wish we could stay for longer.
We got up this morning before dawn and walked up to the ruins of the temple of Apollo, and watched the sun come up - magical.
It's about 6.2m high and built in 500 and something BC.
Then we went up through the old then, perched on shill overlooking the harbour. I just love those narrow streets and blue doors.
And churches
Off to Athens tomorrow's, and apparently it's going to be 39 degrees! Saints preserve us!
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