When we arrived at the campsite last night and I had backed
into the pitch, we were greeted by the German on our left with a request to
move further back so that he could have access to his garage for his bike.
Before I could do that, the German on our right said that he didn’t want me to
move as our windows would allow us to see into his caravan. Using British
compromise, I suggested that we only moved back 2 metres to clear a space for
the German on the left, which meant that we wouldn’t be opposite the caravan.
That seemed acceptable. So, this morning, all was sweetness and light and I
wished our neighbours a cheery ‘guten morgen’ and got a ‘good morning’ in
reply. Later, Jane discovered why our neighbours were so keen on their privacy
as, on returning from the shower block, she encountered the male neighbour
standing outside his caravan stark naked!
The weather forecast for today was decidedly dodgy but we set off in the
sunshine for the small Epidaurus theatre. It was closed due to ‘safety concerns’
but was clearly visible from the fence around the site. They had also excavated
other buildings close to the theatre, some of which were definitely Roman or
modified by them.
We took the footpath to the small harbour and enjoyed coffee and complimentary
cake in a café. We then wandered along the promenade, inspected the shopping
area and bought some homemade ‘bifteki’ (beefburgers) from a butchers. We had
spotted a gyros restaurant earlier and we returned to enjoy our first gyro of
the holiday. The gyro consists of a piece of pitta bread wrapped around sliced pork,
tomato, tzatziki and chips. It is a delicious, inexpensive meal and typically
Greek. Having had a relatively small meal, we felt less guilty about indulging
in a delicious homemade ice cream.
We walked back past the campsite to see the Villa Maria where our son and
family spent a happy holiday last year. We had intended to find the Mycenaean
tombs that were supposed to be quite close to the village but the locals that I
asked had no idea where they were. I was still keen to find them but very black
clouds had gathered in the hills behind the village and there were rumbles of
thunder. Time to head back to the van! A few minutes after we got back, the rain
started – gently at first and then torrential, complete with hail.
We had heard that tonight there was going to be a ‘super moon’ and I had found
out that moon rise here was going to be at 19:13. At home in England it always
seems to be cloudy when events like this happen and tonight, in Greece, exactly
the same happened and we couldn’t see the moon. Apparently, there are going to
be two super moons in the next two months so we hope that we might get some
clear skies when we are back home.
Photos: The small theatre at Old Epidaurus; The harbour; It was good to see
working fishing boats and the harbour is very popular with sailing flotillas;
Many properties near the campsite have preserved endless buckets mechanisms
designed to raise water from the wells.
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