Traveling Through Tolo

Dear Friends and Family, Friday was to be our day out of the sun, so it was relatively quiet. I did take a good walk through the beachside town of Tolo and thought you might like to follow me along through pictures. When you come out of Ingrid’s, you head, more or less, west, heading for Kastraki and the crag that is called”Ancient Asini.” Actually, we learned last night that there has been a new archeological discovery there and it may, in years to come, be a more prominent sight and perhaps help the tourist business in the area. Anyway, Kastraki is the little place with a lovely taverna and a very rocky beach.

Once you pass Kastraki, you head up the hill and look down over the primary beach for the town of Tolo

Then you come down off the hill and head into town. Tolo is really kind of in 2 parts. The first stretch is not very interesting as it is mostly hotels with a small bakery, some beach supply stores and one of the town’s 3 markets. With a slight bend in the main street, you come to the downtown section of Tolo

That stretch is about half a mile and is filled with taverna and bars and a couple of more markets. At the end of the town sits the harbor

It is filled with fishing boats and a relatively small cruise boat that takes people to a couple of the outer islands. We did one of those last year and it was quite nice.

I then walked out to the end of the pier and took a shot of Tolo, looking back to the east.

Then, I began the long climb to the upper road. It is about ¼ of a mile straight up, but does give you another perspective on the town.

Once you are up there, the land is rocky and quite barren.

From there you walk along that road for about half a mile before heading down.

From there I walk along a road heading out of town before coming a to roundabout that takes me back toward Ingrid’s. While making this last trek, I glanced back a small church at the top of a rock.

I am hoping that will be my goal for Sunday morning. When I got home, Polley was quick to have me grab the camera as the Mama

And her baby

Were together on the bed

Very cute! The rest of the day was spent doing some shopping errands, drinking a bit of wine on the square in Drepano and then having a lovely dinner at dusk

At the little Taverna at Kastraki When we were at the store, Maria, the owner, told us of a celebration at an antiquity called Tirython out near Napflio. We head out but did not have any success. Festivities start so late here, often after 11, so, while we found the antiquity, there was nothing going on. So we came back to Ingrid’s and drank champagne and celebrated the full moon. Actually, a blue moon as it was the second of the month. Tomorrow will be beach day and we have plans for a visit to a wine festival in Nimea on Sunday. I think I will take a break from the blog and bring everyone up to date on Monday. That’s it for now.