Poros is a small town on the southeast side of Kefalonia. It’s really beautiful here and we’ve had very nice weather…warm in the day with mild sea breezes in the evening. We are staying at Blue Sky Apartments right across from the sea and ferry port. Several times a day the large ferry (yellow and blue ship below) goes from here to Kyllini on the mainland.
The area around Poros is distinguished by thick green Mediterranean vegetation, deep canyons, white pebble beaches and natural springs.
One local business, Remetzo, took advantage of the setting and created a coffee shop in a cave.
And the view of the rocky sea is from the cafe is spectacular.
Yesterday we had another travel kerfuffle…on the way back from the nearby town Skala, we had a flat tire – on a narrow road too far from town to walk for assistance.
The jack was oddly designed and difficult to position. A local man and his wife stopped to help but he gave it his best effort but had no luck and left. To our great fortune, a man and woman from the U.K. on a hike with their two small children walked by, and the husband was a mechanical whiz. It took him just a few minutes to position the jack, remove the tire, replace it with the spare and we were all on our merry way! We were so grateful! The tire has been repaired by a local gas station and the cost was only 5 Euro! We were very lucky. People here have been consistently kind and helpful.
Today we followed a rocky path to a UNESCO site, the Waterfalls of Gradou.
The vegetation along the way was pretty and varied.
It’s about 1.4 kilometers to hike and the path is rocky and steep but worth the effort. When we arrived, there were a few people there swimming in the deep pools of water at the base of the falls.
We’re having a relaxed stay here and the people are so kind. A little known fact about Larry is that he loves kumquats. As just one example of Greek hospitality, we woke up this morning and found a bowl of kumquats on our window sill. The Mom of our host left these!
