A relaxing day today with a gentle stroll to the nearby
Plaka port. This is very close to the ancient city of Prasiai (or Brasiai)
whose port was extremely important to the Spartans and harboured their ships.
Apparently, there isn’t much to see but an Austrian university has been studying
the area and carried out excavations in 2023/24.
We had a very pleasant, simple lunch at one of the two small tavernas and I
chose something that I hadn’t ever seen before in Greece – tomatoes stuffed with
seafood. Stuffed tomatoes are a very common option in Greece and these had
small pieces of prawn, octopus, squid and mussels in with the rice and herbs.
It was a really good combination, with the flavour of the seafood absorbed by
the rice. Another recipe to try at home!
We wandered back along the beach to the campsite and sat in its café for a
coffee. I was very surprised to spot a very well disguised praying mantis on
the pebbles and it entertained us whilst we drank the coffee. Most of the time,
it stayed very still waiting for some prey to wander past but, when it moved,
it had a very strange jerky walk.
Photos: Planting Gem lettuce in the fertile soil of the Leonidio plane close to
the campsite; The harbour at Plaka; The praying mantis.
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