Today we spent the day in Argostoli, Greece which is the island of Cephalonia. We went on a tour, our guide was Lee. She is a retired police officer from the uk, who retired to the island a few years ago. She was the kind of guide who talked the whole tour and provided some great information and some personal items as well. It was nice to see how real people lived on the island and that you could actually retire and start fresh.
We went to the Melissani Lake, which is a sinkhole lake that you can take a small row boat ride in. It is also referred to as Pan’s Cave in some ancient literature. According to the text, lots of “freaky” things happened in the cave. Who knows? But I could see it happening. The beauty was in the clear water and the stillness in the water. You can see from the pictures and video.
We also spent some time in Fiskardo Village which is a small summer fishing village. It has a great tiny harbor where lots of folks can rent sail boats and sail the Greek islands. I talked to Brandi and that is something we might want to do some day. Well not really sail, but go there and rent a boat for a few days and just explore the beaches. There are many that are isolated, and you can go find one then spend the day all to yourself, and you can get lost in the overall beauty.
Tomorrow we are at sea on our way to Istanbul. We are going to the blue mosque and many other places around the city, and then we will head into the black sea. So I am sure I will have some great photos from there. Here is what have from today.
Oh Ollie has a bruised nose from the fall I mentioned in the last post, so that will be the marks in the photos if you see them. We are having a great time, and are looking forward to these next few ports. However the vacation is over half over so the reality if starting to set in… we do have to come home…
