There are 2 medieval cities on the island of Xios: Mesta and Pirgi. Mesta is a tight maze of narrow streets -- some so narrow you have to turn sideways to fit through. Well, I did at least. Unfortunately, our pictures don't capture the experience very well:
Pirgi is a similar town with a less-impressive layout, but it makes up for it with the crazy designs etched into the plaster on the buildings:
To cap off our tour, we went to a black stone beach in the nearby city of Emporios. It was so nice we had to come back a second day:
We left Xios regretfully at 2:30 the next night on a ferry bound for Thessaloniki. How romantic!
Pirgi is a similar town with a less-impressive layout, but it makes up for it with the crazy designs etched into the plaster on the buildings:
To cap off our tour, we went to a black stone beach in the nearby city of Emporios. It was so nice we had to come back a second day:
We left Xios regretfully at 2:30 the next night on a ferry bound for Thessaloniki. How romantic!
Or so we thought. At 8:30 the next morning, after being told to move several times through the night by a cast of unpleasant ferry personnel, we seemed to be arriving a couple hours ahead of schedule. I asked a worker if we were in Thessaloniki, and he said, ''No, Mytillini. Thessaloniki 10:30 in evening.'' I collapsed in shock back onto the undersized couch i had been sleeping on The worker said, ''No sleep now. 2 pm you can sleep.''
the water in Emporios looks incredible, now if only there were waves there~
ReplyDeleteYea, but we got lots of googlin in! No worries, bruddah!
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