Day 74 (Saturday)
St Gerasimos day today so we went to St Gerasimos’
Church. We have driven through many
times and it has always been deserted.
Today it was very different, thousands of people lined the road to view
the sarcophagus being paraded. There is
also a temporary market selling street food, books, toys, clothes and lots of
other tat.
Most of the islanders gather here and former islanders from
the mainland come over to visit friends and family and to pay their respects to
the saint. We watched the procession and
then walked through the market, stopping for a delicious gyros along the way.
We had our swimming costumes in the car so we stopped at
Antisamos beach for a swim. It’s the
first time we’ve been to this beach, although it’s not as picturesque as Mirtos
the snorkelling is much better.
Day 75 (Sunday)
After we’d swept and cleaned the cottage we went for a
walk. Instead of our usual route we
walked down to the bottom of the valley, found the track that goes towards
Mirtos, walked along this for a while before making the steep climb back up to
Makriotika (a sort of triangular route).
St Gerasimos Church
The Sarcophagus of St Gerasimos
Antisamos Beach
Antisamos Beach
Antisamos Beach
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