Samothraki
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Thu 16 Jun 2011 10:45
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We are enjoying being here and finally were able to
move across the harbour to the fisherman's quay alongside Piper. It is a bit
noisier
here but close to everything and we can get power
most of the time. Only in the evenings are we disconnected as there is a mobile
snack
bar that plugs into the socket we are using! (So
far no charge for anything here!) The local bus goes about 3/4s of the way
around the island
- Steve and I went by Taxi to the ancient ruins
site at Paleopoli about 7 kilometers to the north of the town Kamariotissa where
we are berthed. We caught
a bus back having spent 2 hours wandering around
this well preserved site. The small museum and the signs dotted around the
various remaining stones give you
an excellent feel to what it must have been
like.
We took the 2000 bus to the goat
restaurants in Profiti Ilia and a taxi back - the views were stunning but the
pork chop that June had was better than our spit-
roasted goat! We did enjoy a delicious white wine
from Limnos now trying to source it in the supermarket here!
Today Thursday June and Steve have gone on the
ferry to Alexandropolus we decided to take the boat later this week but are
waiting to hear from them what the harbour is like!
Meanwhile we had a 'jobs' morning - cleaning below,
finishing off some stainless polishing and Jacky took a large bag of washing to
the Laundry (9 E to be washed dried and ironed!).
The place looks as if it is only a Dry Cleaners but
they will do a 'service wash' too and the lady speaks reasonable English as
well.
Otherwise this place has few British tourists and
therefore not many people speak English tho' German seems to be spoken by quite
a few of the bar staff and shop keepers. Apparently
there are a number of immigrants from places like
Romania and Bulgaria plus visitors from other Balkan States and Russia hence the
use of German as a common language.
The supermarket is a reasonable size and there are
a couple of butchers and a good proper bakery for fresh bread. There are a
number of taverna's dotting the harbour and we have seen several
nice looking small hotels on the outskirts along
the coastal road. The best beaches are to the south east really only got at by
boat.
All in all a good place to spend a few lazy
days!
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