Greece - Day 6

We woke up on Tuesday and I headed out for another run. This time I was expecting the hills, but that didn’t make them any easier. We followed our example from the previous day and heading into Poros Town for breakfast. I had a delicious bacon and mushroom crepe, while Christina had a decadent chocolate banana crepe. After breakfast, we wandered around town and climbed the steps up to the clock tower. From there, we took in the wonderful panoramic views of the island and surrounding terrain. Then we walked to Neirio Beach for some last-minute sunbathing (it seemed a lot closer when we had the moped!).

After the beach, we headed back to the hotel to check out. Takis gave us a ride back to town with all our stuff. The ferry back was on a Flying Cat, which turned out to me mush more stable than the Flying Dolphin. The boat was mostly empty and we found ourselves back in Piraeus about an hour later.

Back in Piraeus, we lugged our suitcases around the port, up and over the main street, and finally to the subway station. We boarded the train and headed back to Monastiraki Square. After a brief stop for a gyro, we walked back to the Central Hotel and checked in for our last night in Greece.

On the way to dinner, we went on a quest to find a painting to bring home and put in our living room. We’ve been in our house now for over a year now and the walls are still bare, so we’ve been trying to fill them with paintings from our travels. In this case, we were looking for a canvas seascape that was the right size for a specific wall. After looking through at least 5 galleries, we were starting to get dismayed. Luckily we found a gallery near Monastiraki Square that had just what we were looking for!

We ate a great dinner in the heart of the Plaka at a restaurant that specialized in small dishes. They brought out a platter of 18 different small plates, and you took whatever you wanted to eat. We ended up with beef meatballs, grilled eggplant, grape leaf rolls, and tzatziki. After dinner, we wandered the shops in the Plaka and enjoyed more gelato. Once again we found ourselves lost in the Plaka, but this time we weren’t very concerned. We knew eventually we’d make it back to the hotel, but there was no hurry.