Belessis House
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Monemvasia, Between a Rock and A Hard Place
... well spent with company well chosen. We won’t stay up until the wee hours. For the Presidential Debate which, we think, will air here at 3:00am, the candidates will have to do without us. We sit on our balcony as Silver Spirit cruises southward and listen to the lullaby offered up to us by the sea below. Whatever the tribulations of the world today, we have escaped them.
Gloria here…well don’t I sound like a shallow, shopping, wussie ...
Beautiful Monemvasia & Gefyra
... with a small harbour, cute colourful boats and some beachside cafes and pensions.
We decide we are going to stay in Monemvasia, very close to the medieval village. We check into Hotel Lazareto, a gorgeous hotel located just outside the fortress walls and buildings made out of stone. For 90 euro we get a lovely room plus breakfast. We get shown to our room and we have our picnic lunch on our ...
An Unexpected Pleasure
... just fine. The island itself is basically a massive rock, with a small amount of flattish land skirting around the edge where it gives way to rocky beachfront. The road we are walking curves around the rock towards the 'dark side' we can't see from our hotel, and before long the shore is out of sight. What has hoved into view is far more thrilling though: a fortified wall stretches from the water's edge right across and up to the rocky heart of ...
Monemvassia
... c'est génial. Le soir nous dînons dans un petit resto sur le port de la nouvelle ville de Monemvassia. C'était bon, surtout le petit caviar d'aubergines ! Sluuurp ! On s'est fait un mix de viandes ensuite. Délicieux mais très relevé. Toute la nuit, j'ai rêvé que je léchais à pleine langue, une par une, toutes les parcelles du marais salant Guérandais ! On a dormi près d'une plage.
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Gythion
... un « fort » succès pendant la période
médiévale cubique !Autre particularité, ce sont ces terrasses à flan de montagne. Je m'interroge, est-ce pour des cultures ? Le chantier est immense... Je me renseignerai. En fin d'après-midi, nous arrivons à Gythion. Le camping est à 3km du bourg.
Une bonne journée plage. C'est chouette. Le vent se lève soudainement. Un kyte-surfiste ...
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