Touching something 2500 years old is amazing

 Woah the beds in this place are the comfiest and we have a great nights sleep. We head down to the little taverna attached
to the hotel and order breakfast. One option on the menu is a full english so we think as we are on holiday we will be a
little different and will have one. The breaky is delicious and costs us only $4 each. After breakfast we talk to Vacilios
(the taverna worker) and he shows Glen some nice places to visit on the map.

 REmember no TOM TOM and we are navigating with a pretty crude paper map and the roads intertwine everywhere. Our plan is to drive the northwest coast of the island and visit villages along the way. We drive out of Sadari and the road immediatly winds in tight switchbacks up the side of the mountain. within a few minutes we stop and look back at our route and we are way high up and the view is great. The road crosses the mountains and seems to get narrower until we cannot pass oncoming cars. Each time a car comes in the opposite direction one of us has to pull over or reverse until we can pass. Some times the door handles of the cars are less than an inch apart and we cant move over as most of the roads have a sheer cliff on the downward side. Rhonda's knuckles are white as she grips the dashboard when we go near a cliff edge - Glen giggles and teases more teeheehee.

We pass through little Greek villages which are full of character and charm. Flowers everywhere and citrus fruit trees and olive trees in every other garden give off amazing scents as we drive past. Eventuall we see the west coast of the island in the distance and we zig zag down to sea level again. The ocean is so blue and clear.

We stop at a small fishing harbour to look at some of the little

Greek fishing boats. An old fisherman smiles and says "Yasas" (we now know this is hello). We pass a taverna by the beach so we stop and have some typical Greek snacks and a glass of wine in the sun. We have Tsatsiki, cheese bread, wine and saganaki (fried cheese). Mmmmmmm so nice sat watching the waves roll in.

 After out snack stop we drive to a very old village which is
perched on the top of a mountain outcrop overlooking the ocean. Cars are not allowed in the village (not that they would fit
anyway) so after winding our way up the steep road for 5 miles we park at the edge of the village and walk in. This place is
so lovely, the houses are really old style Greece and of course the residents have flowers everywhere. We pass a group of old
Greek women dressed in black just sat chatting in the sunshine - boy they must get hot.

 After exploring the village we follow a map to where there is the ruins of an ancient Greek settlement dating back to 500BC (over 2500 years old !) We have to trek through the forest on top of the mountain and eventually we find the remains of an ancient house. We step inside and take pics of us at the walls which are still standing. Its amazing to touch something that is so ancient wowzer.

 By the time we get
off the mountain and back down to the village it is 6pm so we decide to have dinner at the "3 brothers taverna" which is in
the village perched on the edge of a cliff. We have been told the view of the sunset from here is amazing so we are going to
have a sunset dinner. We have lovely fresh salads and fresh bread to start then we share a typical Greek dish called Stefado.
This is a dish of beef and small onions in a broth which is cooked for hours until the beef is so tender it melts in your
mouth. Mmmmmmm it is delicious and as we finish our meal the sun is going down over the horizon. The sunset is lovely and we get lots of nice pictures.

WE head back to Sadari this time across the mountains which turns out wasnt such a great idea as
we are now driving along the windy , narrow roads with steep cliffs in the dark. Rhondas knuckles are more white than ever
now teeheehee. WE arrive back at our apartments and the owner FOtis and Vasialia from breakfast invite us out into the main
street with them for a drink. We go and holy cow the street is lined with dozens of bars all playing music so loud it hurts our old ears teehee. ITs a very young scene in down town Sidari and would suit our kids more than us, we definitely prefer the old school tavernas to the disco bars. We get home at midnight and head off for a well deserved sleep. Nighty night