On the Road Again

29 - April - Road to Monemvasia

Time to hit the pavement for a few hours.  The bus is great and our driver Christos is the best.  Before we left this morning he washed the entire bus with a brush and squeegee on a LONG pole.

Shitty picture of Christos

And his bus

We did a bit of shopping on the way as usual.

Nope, doesn't fit.

We ended up in Monemvasia which is a nice town at a big rock.  

The big rock was a fortress of course but you can always conquer a fort by starving them out.  We had the advantage of some good restaurants.

Big Rock view from our hotel

There is a bridge to the rock if you want to walk.  We took the shuttle bus.

The old town of Monemvasia on the rock is mostly shops and cafes.  Only a few folks live here.  We walked through town and up the side  of the  rock  through the ruins of the original town and fortress.  We didn't quite make it to the  top but almost.

Everything in the Old Town is delivered by wheelbarrow.  There are sloped rocks on the sides of the stairs for the wheels.

Water delivery in the Old Town

We missed the bus so it was a hike back to town. Lucky miss because we found Donna's favorite sight on the way.  

Time to say goodbye to the dead Greeks and head back home to the hotel
where we had a cooking demonstration.  Not one of those 'make some cookies' things, this demo created our whole meal.

The menu

We had six volunteers doing the prep and cooking but to be safe, our host Aren served food prepared by the regular chef. 

Our Kitchen Staff

The meal was delicious. The cats probably got our stuff.