FollowLast night we ate at a very nice restaurant called Fantasea. It’s on the road to the harbour, and has lovely views of the bay and the islands beyond.
Stopped at Manthos’ taverna for a few beers on the way home. There was a wedding reception here a few days ago, and the flowers are still going strong. Time for an arty portrait.
This morning was breezy and the weather forecast was warning of rain. We had a walk up through the olive groves, more for the exercise than anything else. The ground around the trees is swathed in netting to catch the fruit as it falls.
The olive trees are absolutely dominant. Nothing else grows underneath them. Olea Europaea is very hardy; drought, disease and fire resistant, and it can live to a great age. Many olive groves around the Mediterranean are said to be hundreds of years old, and some individual trees have been verified as being 2,000 years old.
These olives are quite small and will be used for oil. They’re not nearly as big as the ones you might find in your Martini.
Eventually the track through the olive grove meets the road which leads back down to the village. We wander down admiring the views.
Little shrines like this are everywhere.
After a nice brunch at Yiannis we do a big shop in the supermarket next door, and the owner gives us a lift home with all our purchases. We do some laundry and wait for the rain.