Our plan was to catch a reasonably early boat from Hydra back to Metochi because we had a long 5.5 hour drive ahead of us today. We checked the timetable and chose the 10am boat.... Except when we arrived at the harbor we discovered that we had misread the timetable. The 10 am boat was from Metochi to Hydra not Hydra to Metochi....
After arriving back in Metochi we ate lunch and then hit the road for Monemvasia. Monemvasia was a place I particularly wanted to visit. Things I had read about it made it sound very intriguing and also fun. In addition to the ancient site I had read about people jumping off the rocks below the old city into the sea and that really appealed to me.
Athena made the trip easier once we decided to follow where she wanted to take us. Originally Deiann, our navigator, plotted a alternate route for us but the Greek roads with little to no signage made it an impossible task and we took the "scenic route" for the first couple of hours. It was a very mountainous (read twisty roads with hairpin turns and lots of uphill) road and rain near the end made for interesting driving.
As we arrived in Monemvasia, I spied our place for the night, which was fortunate because we thought that it's location was in an entirely different location. We checked in and did a little sink laundry and then I headed out to jump off some rocks. The weather wasn't what I had hoped it would be with the persistent storm hanging over the Peloponese, however the swim was still fun. Deiann had the beginnings of a headache and decided to stay back for a little rest.
Dinner and then bed. How could it be midnight already????
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