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Published: March 22nd 2008
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Tuesday, Feb 26 2008
We are up early today to take a one day island cruise from Piraeus to Hydra, Poros and Aegina. Again, we have curbside service for the tour, we like this. This is a short bus ride to Piraeus, the largest port in Greece. This is where you would mostly take a ferry to the the southern islands of Greece (there are over 1400 Greek islands, but only about 168 are inhabitable). It’s a huge commercial port, not very pretty. We get on the boat, not even half full. It’s a bit touristy, so we head to a quite corner of the boat to relax and enjoy our (slow) 3 hour cruise to Hydra, a small island near the SE corner of the Peloponnese coast. As we approach Hydra town, I blink twice I can hardly believe my eyes, it so beautiful, and seems to appear from nowhere. This picturesque village craved into the hillside feels like a step back into medieval times. The cobblestone paths wind among old mansions which cluster around the clear water harbor filled with fisherman and their boats. I’m especially taken by the color of the water, it’s so clear and a blue/green
Welcome Kitty
These cats greeted us at the Harbor in Hydra. that I have ever seen before. We are happily greeted at the harbor by some local stray cats (colors and patterns I have ever seen on a cat). There are no car on Hydra, except an occasional island utility vehicle. The sole means of transportation is donkey. So we see many donkeys along the harbor with baskets attached to their backs. We enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery. We sit along the harbor at a cafe to soak up the day and have a small bite to eat. Then we set sail for Poros.
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