On the way to breakfast, we recorded the village where we were living
and then Ben
Suzanne
Ed
Sarah
and I
admired the glass
and settled in for a breakfast of orange juice
fruit and yogurt
with many toppings
for the sweet breads that came.
Suzanne
and Ben
seemed as wilted as the flowers
but Sarah and Ed studied the map
which roused Suzanne from her book
and once we got gasoline, we were on our way
to the beach at Elinda which we explored and admired
and then we saw the beach at Kastelo
and parked the car along this dirt road (neglecting to think about turning around before going to the beach to make the return easier)
and went down to the beach
where Ben considered swimming
Sarah found this ring that we are sure belonged to Homer
and Ed swam away
as we looked at the watch tower atop the hill
and the beaches in the distance
while settling in both on the beach
and on the rocks along the side of the beach. Gentle reader: though there are few images of us in the water, we enjoyed the beach and its waters; maybe that kept us in the water and off the camera?
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Next we moved on to Lithi, where (relatively) many cars were parked
and the streets were lined with tavernas of which we chose this one
and read the menu in images as well as in words
as Ben
Sarah
Ed
me
and Suzanne
began with water
bread
Greek salad (with the very interesting pickled beans)
and tsastsiki
and curiously, the cheese for the salad came on the side
to make my plate look like this before
cheese balls
and potato balls arrived
along with our vessel of the house wine
and Ben's lemonade
to go with the grilled vegetables
and the fish (type 1)
which came with its own sauce
and encouraged me to make this food face
before the fish was consumed
and the watermelon came
and was also consumed
but this didn't prevent the bees from coming and raising the challenge of getting the best bee picture.
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While we were focusing on bee pictures, the driver of this bus dented in his luggage compartment
and so though we liked the front of his bus, he was going to have some explaining to do when he got back.
Some of us went into the waters
while others enjoyed the chairs on the beach
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before we made our way to the local dessert shop and had ice creams
Coke Lights
and waters
and even got a spoon
with which to seat the ice cream. This left us fueled for the ride back home
even when we met the goats along the road.
After a rest, we decided to walk down our hill to Volissos, our local town, for dinner. We discovered the street that we had tried to drive up the first night and wondered how we could have been so foolish.
In the town square, we saw the local hero
the local hiking path
and the local museum
before going to this restaurant
and recording first the menu
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and then the welcoming bread
and water
and then the people -- Suzanne
Sarah and Ed,
Ben's hair
and Ben's profile
and finally me
when the retsina in a bottle arrived
along with the salad
making my plate look like this
as we had fried cheese
more salad
cheese pies
pasta
and a meat dish
before having more salad
and more cheese pies.
We closed with ice cream -- chocolate
and rose
and a cup of coffee,
not to mention a picture with the manager
who gave us his card and asked that we send him these pictures.
After a few failed attempts to record the darkness
I took a final picture of the narrow street in about the conditions I had tried to drive up it. What was I thinking??
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