After our Greek breakfast of hot hard boiled egg, toasted ham and cheese, cake and more, we take off to tour the Mani. We stop at an outlook and say hello to people leaving. Next stop they are there again so we joke that we may be following them all day. They are from Boston and are staying at Kyramai, a few doors down from us. I had checked it out and chose our inn over that one as a reviewer had commented on the small windows, dark rooms and high price (160E to 100E). We love our room with the balcony doors that left open, let you fall asleep to the sound of the waves. I regress, back to our day.
We wound our way along the shore and the mountains through deserted little villages and wondered who would ever live in this lovely but remote part of the world?? The landscape is rocks and stone fences, no greenery to speak of. Cape Tainaro is the most southern mainland point in Greece. There is a lighthouse at the point and in Greek mythology this is also one of the entrances to Hades. The guide says it's a half hour hike so we don our hikers and lotion as it's almost noon. It was hell just to get to this entrance hell, took 2 hours, in scorching heat over rocky terrain. The word hell was mentioned a few times. But we did it! I had to pee so crouched by famous ruins of Poseidon; that's a memory I'll never forget!!
We had our first bad dining experience in an idyllic fishing village. At least the view was great!
Back at our room we had a swim at the nearby beach while it thundered in the distance. We relaxed in the bar while it stormed and chatted with Themis. We witnessed our first lightning strike on the cliff across the channel; Themis commented that Zeus must be angry! The hydro was out for several hours after that! We walked to the restaurant in the dark and who do we run into but the couple from Boston! We had a lovely evening chatting with them about travel. Even a challenging day ends great!
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