Back in Paleochora

After a day of rest, talking and small walks following the strenuous walk to Sougia, I packed up and found the boat to Agios Roumeli. Always sad to say goodbye to new friends, but it is the law of the holidays. My stay in Sougia had a nice end: dinner with Ian and Claudia and Gabi from Germany. So many nice things to eat! And such good company!
Nice weather today also, a mild breeze made it bearable to do some hours of walking into the Samaria Gorge. But even though the geology was impressing, even this early in the season it is a tourist trap! I would have changed to Irini Gorge had I had the chance, but it was a little late for that. During the seven hour long walk two days before we stopped and talked to almost everyone we met on the trail. Today I tried to say hello, but hardly any response at all! Were they too tired? Or just a completely different kind of tourists? Or simply too many to say hello to?

I stopped for a snack some kilometers into the gorge, and during half a sandwich I counted 80 people rushing by me! So I stopped eating, packed up and walked back like in a parade to the Tavernas by the sea, and had a Greek salad with retsina to compensate.

Now I am back in Paleochora again, and will grab a snack and a beer at Haris studios before going to bed.
10 hours walking in three days is really something for this lady!

Tomorrow I have made reservation for a special dinner at Haris studio. Once a week they give one. So I'd better continue exercising, the food is so good here! Tomorrow I must try and find a place to recharge the battery of the camera... almost nothing left now.

More later.