Πορος continued...

Actually, the rest of this post is about Assos and Fiscardo!

On our way to Assos (last Friday), we stopped on the side of the road to take pictures of Myrtos Beach which is one of the most beautiful beaches in all of Greece! There's a book or something that says so.

We all wanted to stop but didn't have time so Geoffrey talked to Vasillis (our bus-driver) and he said that he might take whoever wants to go this coming weekend for a few hours. Woot!!!


Assos was BEAUTIFUL! It's such a quaint little town. There's a big hill that's sort of separated from the town by a tiny bit of land and on the top of that hill is a huge castle! Not huge for a castle, but definitely quite large for a castle on an island. It took those of us who went up about 20-25 minutes to walk to the entrance at the top of the hill (it was SO hot and there was almost NO shade between the start of the path and the end!!!) It was worth it though - I'd never seen a castle before!

After the hike down from the castle I was STARVING. I went to the cafe that others (who hadn't hiked up to the castle) said was the cheapest. I'm quickly learning that a bit of friendliness (aka flirting) goes a long way here. I ordered the same thing that Michelle and Leesa had paid €5 for and, after making some conversation while I waited, was only charged €4! The girls were filling up water bottles in the bathroom and said the water was a bit salty so I asked the same server if there was tap water available in the kitchen. He said yes and brought me back a 1.5L BOTTLE. I waved it away and said that tap water would be fine but he said it wasn't very good SO I asked how much the bottle would cost me. He thought for a minute and decided, "For you? Nothing!"

So. I'm definitely a fan of Greek hospitality :)

Next stop was Fiscardo!

There wasn't too much to see there -- we were supposed to be checking out the style of buildings that were more "historic" to get a better idea of what the island's structures used to look like buuut it was difficult to determine which buildings were the historic ones and which were more modern. When you could tell that it was older, it was often hard to really SEE it because it's a very touristy area and the fronts of the buildings are all little shops and things.

In any case, it was a wonderful day! Definitely glad that we did Assos and Fiscardo on a different day that Argostoli though!

More adventures followed this past weekend and even into this week... will post about those soon!!