Kárystos

Today we woke up to yet the wind howling outside against the hotel… no boating today we figured!

We went down for breakfast and met the guide at 10:45am ready to go for a walk around the town area of Karystos.

We started out at the church of St. Nicholas which is a Orthodox Church as Greece is an Orthodox country.
Thanos our guide explained the difference between Christian and Orthodox churches as one would think this is a Christian Church. Main two differences we took away is the alter is behind the wall with the paintings of the Old Testament, & Orthodox churches do not have statues.
This Church has paintings all over the wall dating back to the early centuries. This was painted over by the Nazi’s but slowly came back over the years and they ended up bringing them back to life. Parts of the walls are not painted and this is because of the Nazi’s bombing the town during the war. They saw the town as a crucial port to make sure they held held the shipping routes. When bringing the church back to life they opted to not repaint the walls damaged from the bombing, though they did make the Nazi’s before they left to fix the dome and repaint it.

We moved up the hill to get a view point of the town. Thanos gave us a donut as a snack from a local bakery that was amazing!

We walked back down into town and along the beach, which Thanos took us to a beach bar, Psili Ammos, for a welcome drink to the trip,as we missed our welcome drinks the night before thanks to the weather.

2 aperol spritz for me and gin & tonic for Katie! After the drinks we were free to do what we liked. We headed for a walk around the main part of the village and got a coffee at a local coffee bar.

For dinner, Thanos took the group to a very local eatery, Cavo d' oro Κάβο ντόρο, and explained the menu thoroughly. So much so, everything sounded amazing!
I had the octopus dish and Katie had the pork tenderloin with pesto and sundries tomatoes. Starters was a sharing dishes that Thanos had picked for us.
Rose was a house rose, was nice but a bitter dryer for our tastes, think we’ll opt to a white wine while in Greece.Read more