Greece adventures and food

It is a gorgeous morning on the veranda at the Hotel Minoa in Tolo, Greece.   What a beautiful little slice of heaven!  Flo and I arrived here by car yesterday afternoon after an easy drive from Athens.   The roads are great and the signage good, so we arrived as we expected and found this lovely little town.   Our hotel sits on the beach and the water is about twenty feet from my table.

I am slowly learning how to use this blog, and have learned that once I put a picture in, I can't figure out how to enter more text after it, so all the text is first.  Enjoy the pictures, anyway!  

Our adventure on Saturday and Sunday was wonderful.  We left our comfy and convenient apartment in Athens, took the subway to Piraeus, the port, and took a ferry to Hydra Island.    We had some help finding the ferry, and got on just in time.  The ferry was called the "Flying Cat5", a large catamaran painted lime green.after two hours, we disembarked at Hydra, the manager of the Hotel Defini grabbed us and showed us a room, so we stayed there, right at the harbor.     We explored the island near the town, I took a lot of pictures, we had a great leisurely lunch.    Then a swim off the rocks.  The water is clear and Aqua colored and just spectacular.     Our evening was leisurely with dinner at a cafe on the side street where we had a great salad and fresh red snapper.    We met the loveliest couple from Holland who were on the Island for five days.  She was 87 and he was 88!   They were fun and interesting and very spry.   I saw them out walking on Sunday morning and had a nice chat with them.  

The food in greece has been excellent.  The salads are huge and full of crisp, fresh vegetables and tomatoes and olives.    The fish is cooked beautifully.  Breads are excellent and so is the yogurt.   We have been eating well!

When we got on our ferry on Sunday, we were in for an adventure.   The north wind had blown in on Saturdaynite and the seas were high.   The waves at the entrance to the harbor at Hydra were about five feet ( my estimate of the height.).  I made the mistake of watching the ferry back out of the harbor into those waves and it was BAD!!!!!!    When we got our turn, we were surprised at how rough our ride was.   Flo and I had taken two doses of Dramamine  and had sea bands on and still were almost sick.   The rocking did not stop for about an hour and a half.   We will not forget that ride for a long time!   Beware the north wind in the Saronic Gulf!

Today we are off to see the oldest and best preserved of 132 amphitheaters in Greece, then on to Nafplion.       

Fist picture is our hotel in Hydra, second is the beach here at Tolo.