Mt Zeus (Zas)

The past two days we have been hiking, yeah! Yesterday we did a lollipop hike of around 8 miles, hiking to a beautiful peninsula. Really gorgeous. Today we hiked Mt Zeus, which has a funny story behind it and being the dork I am, absolutely plan on telling it:).

Zeus was technically born on Crete but had to be whisked away by his Mother Rhea to be raised in a cave on Naxos because his Father, Cronos, heard a prophesy that one of his children would one day overthrow him. So, each child that Rhea, both his sister and wife (common in Greek mythology), gave birth to, Cronos would quickly eat.

Heartbroken, and with the help of Cronos Mother, Rhea tricks Cronos into eating a magical stone wrapped in baby clothing instead of her sixth child, Zeus. Cronos Mother raises Zeus in this cave on Naxos and when he is old enough, does indeed go on to overthrow Cronos. Side note, this magical stone forces Cronos to regurgitate the other 5 children he previously ate ( Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon).

Sorry, but am currently reading books on Greek mythology:) We took a bus to the start of our hike and had a chance to hike with a New Yorker and off and on with an Aussie couple. You gain a 1,000 feet on the hike in pretty short order but kept scenic views the whole time.

So much of the hillside for all the Greek islands looks like pictures of Santorini, with their beautiful White House’s dotting the hillside. The view from the top gives a 360 degree view of the island. It was quite windy and chilly and fortunately had our windbreaker but probably should’ve brought an insulating layer too. But we are in the Greek islands, why would we bring insulating layers:) Fun day and felt good after too long of a hiatus to be hiking again.Read more