Lesvos

Two weeks into our idyllic respite here on Lesvos, we were jarred by reality. GHW Bush and his Kennebunkport entourage emerged from a huge ship and waddled down the strip.

There’s a nice picture of the house that changed a two day stop into a three week stay. More later when we have the energy......TWO WEEKS OF ENERGY LATER... Skala Eressou (and a plumper Christina, the cat) stay among our favorite places (and cats) during this long trip, maybe we are just ready for roots. We spent long periods lounging at Breez Bar with cherry juice and “gin and toxin”s and enjoying thin pizzas from the place next door (whose Greek name I could not spell or pronounce). I (Jules) am pathetic as this place was one of the few places we noted on our journey making attempts to deal with the stray cat and dog issue that ravages everywhere, but they offered me a chance to throw money at the problem, so I did.

Sappho Travel did everything possible for us, including locating our rental on Vigla and accepting delivery of our mail AND they had the only automatic bank teller in miles and miles (once when the machine was down they loaned cash out until it was fixed!).
Hiking with Patricia was a delight as she shared Eresou’s past, present and pirates for hours hiking through oaks, olives and pines with us. Fist-size acorns are scavenged by red squirrels as goats and sheep clink by the dusty roads. Her husband, Thanasis works neolithic shapes from sheet metal and is an expert at creating coin replicas from all over Greece and he was gracious enough to share his processes and studio.

The pictures also show us in front of a petrified tree trunk. There's a great museum highlighting the petrified wood from the area. Much of it winds up as rounded beach rocks, but you're not supposed to take any with you.

Mark: My brother came to visit for 10 days. It was a great time to catch up on each other's lives. I'm also hoping I can be as buff as him when I get older!