Robert Louis Stevenson wrote (inter alia) " Little do ye know your own blessednes; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour." I'm not so sure about the labour bit but it certainly applies when one has a holiday home. So we have arrived at Mrs Nikos Towers and the grapes were half good.
In other news:
Sunday - A trip to Nafplion as I like going there to eat and Rapi junior has never been.
"Apparently Paddy did not like moussaka, but one day Elpida served it to him, he loved it and the dish was then a firm favourite."
And so Rick Stein put moussaka on the map and this is good. You can read about that ---->here
Granny Mrs Nikos is arriving at Kalamata airport so I have arranged a mini tour towards the Mani and passing by Kardamyli, Patrick's ("PLF's") adopted home village.
We travel south to Leonidio and turn inland to pass by the staggering rock perching Monastry of Elonas
A night stop at the southern port town of Gytheio - I am keen to catch a ferry from here to Kythera and Crete but not this time.
The next day:
In more other news:
Within minutes of arriving Kitty 2 engratiates herself |
Rapi our builder has done good transformimg the scorpion infested basement into a stone lined scorpion infested basement. |
Down on the beach grass grows |
a V or a W but not a complete PKW |
A pleasant Sunday and a view from the harbour wall |
The castle fortress at the top of the rock is Venetian and I made the mistake of saying that I had never been up there |
It was worth struggling up the 1000 steps to Fortress of Palamidi for the view! |
We did not bother to pay for the view especially as it was closing time |
And so Rick Stein put moussaka on the map and this is good. You can read about that ---->here
The kitchen and I'm making gluten free PLF mousaka. |
Purrfection |
We travel south to Leonidio and turn inland to pass by the staggering rock perching Monastry of Elonas
Leonidio panorama- thanks to AlMare |
The Elonas staggerment. The view is better than when we last traversed this route in the rain with soggy crotch - 2010 Flashback |
The wonderful Hotel Milton at Gytheio provided French Widows with delightful prospects |
Some renovation has taken place but this Laconic town gives off a generally grotty presence |
The harbour is being rebuilt - using D Day Mulberry technology? |
A gun wielding dame standing on a cloud underneath a live pigeon - must be a war memorial |
At the end of the corniche a Harley of dubious condition draws us into this beachside establishment |
A tranquil beach with restaurant attached - excellent! |
And we receive gratefully basic but tasty fare |
The PLF villa at Kardamyli (stolen from the internet image - with thanks whoever...) |
Albanian Tree Feller at work (old Irish joke:Tre miqtë kërkuar?) |
Impromtu music at neighbouring Meligou evening signing communistic Theodorakis |
An ανθρωποθυρίδα κάλυψη is installed (or is it a κάλυμμα σκατά;) |
I finish the under sink tiling job started last summer |
I park the motorcycle at the beach for a photoshoot |
I park the motorcycle at Aghios Petros for a photoshoot |
The sunshine ladies |
The sunshine boys |
The giant beans |
The lion at Nafplion |
Back home welcome greeting |