Yesterday was relaxing so today we have to tour again as there are some places on the island which are on our must do list. The first is the oldest village on the island called Perithia which is set on top of a mountain and we aslo want to go to the very top of another mountain where there is an old monastry and this is the highest mountain in Greece.
Breakfast again is ..... you all know that one - and after eating we go find Mr.Fearnley in his apartment as he is coming with us today. When he opens the door he is all dressed in his finest clothes and matching hat and is so excited to be going on a trip with us. We load the car and Mr. Fearnley opens the door for Rhonda to get in like a proper old gentleman. We drive out of Sadari along the coast for about an hour before turning up a mountain road which we have to follow for an hour.
The road quickly becomes crazy steep and there are so many hairpin bends that the we cant get out of first gear.it is a slow, long climb but the views soon become incredible. Rhonda hates the fact that some of the turns have no barriers and shear 100ft cliffs off the side. She is panicking like crazy as we drive and old Mr Fearnley thinks it is so funny and laughs all the way at her. we keep stopping to snap pics along the way.
the landscape changes andd the ground is now full of fantastic wild alpine flowers - and snakes. Glen gets out of the car to take a pic and suddenly dashes bak into the car slamming he door shouting "oh shit oh shit !" we look on the ground where he was stood and a huge snake is slithering out of the grass. he saw thiscoming towards him and ran immediatly lol. The snake comes all the way out so Glen reverses the car to leave - oops we run over the snake by mistake lol.you can see the snake in the pic (after we have squished it).
we carry on and eventually we reach old Perithia. This is a mountain village which is over 3000 years old - the buildings in the pics are the modern buildings which are only 700 years old LOL. we help mr Fearnley walk around then we stop for refreshments - a bottle of Mythos beer each. At 83 he finishes his cold one before us lol.
We get back in the car and navigate our way from mountain to mountain along tiny narrow roads until we reach our second destination at the monastry.
from the top here we can see 360 degrees around the island. The country of Albania is only a couple of kilometers across the ocean and from the mountain we can clearly see Albanian towns and villages across the way. We drive back down the far side of the mountain and head back to Sidari. This is a short blog but this journey has taken 6 hours total. In the evening Mr Fearnley invites us to dinner at his favourite restaurant and we meet him there at 7.30pm. Every restaurant owner in SAdari knows Mr fearnley as he has been coming here twice a year for 20 years. sat with him we get the royal treatment and we have pasta and swordfish for dinner. Mr Fearnley insists on picking up the bill to say thank you for the day trip we resist but he insists and he is so happy to treat us.
BAck at our apartments we have a MEtaxa brandy nightcap with him and we are treated to the owner and his freind doing a private fire throwing show for us. Was a good day today and we were very happy to bring a bit of joy to old Mr FEarnleys holiday. Tomorrow is our last day in Greece before we head back to London for a day then back home.
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