Our cosy hotel by the ocean, before our
Plan B departure
We drove the bike route with intermittent rain showers spitting, and did a quick visit to a nature preserve that was the route's highlight:
Glorious colors in the marshlands
Peter and I loved these "umbrella trees"
The ferry departed from Killini at 1:30 PM as planned, and not one of us was sorry to have missed riding there:
June - warm, dry and fed vs. wet and tired -
in front of the Ionian Star ferry
The ferry ride took a bit over 1 hour and the boat was very comfy:
Super guide Patricia taking good care of us!
The island destination looms up in the haze
The weather on Zakinthos was good enough to allow a "makeup" ride of 31k to stretch our legs and whet our appetites for dinner:
Manolis readies our bikes for riding-
cool view from our 4th floor hotel balcony!
Ready to roll at 3:45 pm!
View of the waterfront from across the harbor,
returning from our ride
We had another superb taverna dinner with a tsunami of food - just when you think "I've had TOO much", the main course arrives! This time is was moussaka in servings as big as your head! The Greeks pride themselves in hosting, and that means lots and lots of food.
With dinner heavy in our bellies we slept in and looked forward to a "rest day" on Zakinthos.
*****
Wednesday has been very leisurely. Peter and I opted for a 41k (short) bike ride to burn some moussaka - we loved these old olive trees we saw on the route:
June poses for scale
Olive grove - wonderfully sculptural
We were rained on a bit, but as it was close to 80 deg. F we didn't mind a bit.
It cleared in time for our return to the hotel - we cleaned ourselves up and took a stroll around town:
Loved this street landscape
Our hotel - 4th floor!
Caught gawking on the balcony...
Next up - Greek cooking demonstration at 6 PM, dinner to follow - life is good!
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