Long lunch on a Greek Island✅

After breakfast we were picked up by our new private taxi driver ( from yesterday) who drove us down to the bustling port of Piraeus, boats of many sizes going  to Greek islands everywhere.

The last boat pictured was our ‘Flying Dolphin’ which swiftly took us to the pretty and charming island of Aegina. The harbour was most welcoming and we began to walk along the waterfront and enjoy the vistas.

We turned up into the village and wandered through the quaint narrow alleyways, whilst simultaneously avoiding being run over by the many scooters and cars. The fort below is hundreds of years old.

We continued back around to the harbour and found Taverna Kavourna away from the main drag just waiting for us to arrive. What a wonderful afternoon eating Greek appetisers, sipping on beer and watching the ferries, hydrofoils and traffic go by. We ate fried anchovies, baked feta, giant beans in tomato sauce and fried cheese. Simple and amazing food and we learnt from last night. Do not touch the bread until after the food arrives, if at all.

The island is famous for pistachios, so had to buy some on the way back to ferry. We got front row seats and it was awesome to sail into Athens and see the whole city from another perspective. Barb was pondering her Ancient Greek battle stories as well, excited to see the site of the Battle of Salamis from 479 BC.

A taxi was waiting and we felt like we were in a Herbie movie, or a rally race as we were sped to our hotel. Arrived safely and waited around for a pre- tour meeting at 7 pm.
The good news is that there are only 20 in our tour group. Quite an eclectic mix. A few aussies, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Phillipinos and 2 Americans. We had a welcome drink and an ok dinner. Greek salad and then chicken smothered in BBQ sauce, well we have been spoilt food wise. Everyone seems nice. Back to the hotel room, we have to be up early tomorrow to start the tour.