Interrailing in Europe summer 2010 POROS part2

On the 23rd of June we left pretty early to the Askeli beach and we had decided that it was our beach day, all day at the beach! Well, it was so cloudy all day that it was almost cold at the beach and not even a glimpse of the sun. In the afternoon we left from the beach to the other side of Askeli (maybe 200-300metres) to the restaurant where one of our family friend Jorgos worked or actually he owned the place. He also had seen me since I was a baby. :) Just when we arrived there it started to thunder and rain cats and dogs! After eating we went to the swimming pool of Cascade where I had once learnt how to swim and we had lots of friends working there once but not anymore. Right next to Cascade was the swimming pool of Kamares which was rather new in Poros. It was the biggest swimming pool on the island and it's not even big one.. :D

Kamares

Thanassis and me

 In the evening we had a date with Thanassis and we took us around the island to see the sights. It was nice even though I had once seen them but I had been younger so I didn't remember all the sights. :) We visited the Monastery which was on the top of the hill in Askeli! There was this weird silence and mood going on, I can't describe it but it was really strange. I felt like I had to wisper there and I felt really humble being there. Then we saw the temple of Poseidon (or at least what was left.. mostly sand and rocks to my eye..). And on the back of the island was mostly trees and the view to the sea was amazing. Lots of coats on the streets and the Poros town looked really nice from the top of the island.

Saija and me in front of the Monastery

From the back of the Poros

Around 8pm we went to Manos place to eat and after that to the bar Malibu where we got company from one guy working at the supermarket who had tried maybe 5 years to get me out on a date.. So that night was a bit akward when they were sitting with us, so pretty soon we decided to go to hotel to sleep. :)

Poros town taken from Neorio

The next morning we left from the hotel to the nearest scooter renting place where this Nightwish fan man worked at. Couple of years back he gave a burned nightwish cd to me and my sister because he was so excited about we being from Finland.. :D After watching and thinking about renting scooters we didn't have the courage to rent them. I'm absolutely terrified of driving on the hills/mountains of Greece! It's just too scary and to see all the memorials put up to the places people have died in or crashed off from the road! To see the places where people have died in. :( That said, we ended up renting the safer choise: bicycles. :D The weather was cloudy again so we started our way biking to this huge mountain and to look for a swimming pool located on the top of the mountain. I had swam there with my dad when I was younger and it was also a place were some partys were held. At some point of our way we stopped at this old looking restaurant which wasn't open anymore to buy something to drink. It ended up being this old granny's home where we visited. She didn't speak english at all and I tried my best to communicate with her in greek. :) It's crazy how she and her husband can live there by themselves being so old, almost on top of some mountain. What if something happens and they can't leave their home? That was crazy but the granny was so cute and really kind to us and we bought some sodas from her to drink! :)

20 year old man had driven of from the road on the mountain

On our way looking for the swimming pool we discovered many things about the nature and animals. For example that chickens and roosters have pecking order.. One poor chicken was without feathers! :D 

Finally we made our way to the top of the mountain and the swimming pool wasn't there anymore. :/ They had started to build something else there. Coming down the mountain was much faster than coming up.. :D Our brakes on the bikes were scaringly bad! After returning the bikes we figured that it was windy so we could go parasailing! The thing we had wanted to do already in Bulgaria! At first it was a bit scary but it was so awesome!! And the best part of it was that we could do it at the same time! 

Then we went to eat in a restaurant called Panorama where I also knew the staff working there. :) Then to the town to see the famous clock tower of which Poros is known for! :) We had to walk quite many steps to get there but it was worth it! :) We also looked for an internet before going to our hotel to take a nap. In the evening we took it easy, went to the town to eat and early back to the hotel. We were supposed to leave with Manos to the city called Nafplion very early the next morning.

Clock Tower