Sunday, 26 May 2013

Skopelitis (not so) Express

Saturday 25 May (Day 32)

The hire car had to be returned by 10am at the port this morning so we bade our farewells to Timos and set off.  Our ferry, ‘The Skopelitis Express’ wasn’t due to leave until 2pm so we had a few hours to relax in Chora.  Amorgos is only 16 nautical miles from Naxos and although it’s an express the journey takes over six hours because it calls in at quite a few of the Small Cyclades Islands.

We arrived in Amorgos just as the sun was setting.  Our accommodation is called ‘Georgia Studios’ (which is strange because it was on my mind).  The photo on the website showed a view of the building from the port with a big red circle round it and a big red arrow pointing to it but we couldn’t see it anywhere.  Fortunately a young lady met us and we followed her to our room.

Sunday 26 May (Day 33)

After breakfast this morning there as a knock at the door, the owners had brought us some home made soft cheese and a couple of cucumbers grown in their garden.  We spent some time today exploring the area.  The town we are staying is called Katapola which means below the town as it sits below the main town (again called Chora).  There was a very happy looking fisherman at the port who had caught a small 4 foot shark and was proceeding to dissect and sell it


We cooked a meal in our room in the evening and ate it on our balcony while watching the sun go down.

Calling in at Koufounissi (we will be staying here next week)



 Arriving Katapola, Amorgos

 Shark fin soup?

 The Skopelitis 'Express'

Sunday morning at Church

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