This has never happened to me before but I finished the post and saved it while on the ferry but it didn't save, it erased itself. I can't possibly be that brilliant again so here's some pictures of the beautiful, traditional village we visited. Lefkes. It's the original capital of the island. These days many people come to walk the Byzantine Road. It was originally a trail, the first one on the island. It's now paved. People walk the 3.7 mile road to another small town, Prodomos. Some people do the round trip, some take a bus from Prodomos. We walked some of it but decided not to walk to the other town.
When we returned to Parikia, we walked a short distance to the 100 door church, Panagia Ekatontapiliani or the Holy Church if the Virgin Mary. There are 99 visible doors and a secret door that will open when the Greeks take over Constantinople. Another legend says when Hagia Sophia becomes Orthodox again. Same thing kinda.
The outside of the Monastery
The outside of the church. It was founded by Constantine the Great or his mother, St. Helen around 391. It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt but almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century.
The interior of the church
Then we went back to the villa, ate dinner, packed and left this morning. I had more interesting things to say but blogger wouldn't let me. We're in Nafplio now and I'm doing laundry. Maybe. Dial's in Greek.
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