Makrades

Our next stop was a little Greek Orthodox church that was several centuries old. We bought a small handmade Christmas ornament from the resident nuns there. Afterward, we stopped at a little bakery/cafe that had an old fashioned olive press. We had a glass of wine and a snack, and headed on to Acharavi, where they served us an early dinner at an authentic Greek restaurant. We ate with Carole's friend from undergraduate at Vanderbilt, Erin Benson, whom she ran into on the ship—what a small world! Finally, we included a picture of the small dent in the front of the bus caused by a crazy Greek driver who came around a blind corner on the windy, wet mountain road, going way too fast; as expected, he ran into the bus. He followed us to our next destination and exchanged his information with the bus driver while we walked around. It finally stopped raining!Read more