Good morning! How was your night on the mountainside? Had breakfast?
Right, done that, carry on walking. We have just passed Ag Pareskevi on the path from Horio to Xissos. Just past the church there is a Tardis style WC on the hill, keep going. Then there’s a house above you, and just past that the path turns off to the right. It’s a bit hard to spot but there are red marks here. It’s going to get rubbly from now on, so you should be wearing good walking boots or shoes. If not, leave your party there and pop back to your hotel and collect some, you will regret it otherwise.
Now we are heading off track a little and following an ancient wall through an area marked on the map as TEIXOΣ which, strangely, means ‘Wall.’ This path takes us through the area known as Nimoraki, but I don’t know what that translates as, little Nimoros perhaps? It also takes you past the croquet lawns, which are, of course, not croquet lawns at all. But, with a little imagination and a lot of rock moving, there’s no reason why they should not be.
Pass on by, after admiring the view – here’s a tip: Look at your feet while walking on these paths, but stop and look up every now and then or you will miss views, plants, birds and other stuff.
So, now we can carry on to the top of the path where you will pass the small church of Ag Raphael behind the fence on your right. This is a tiny pre-fab church which is lovely inside and where, if you happen to be walking on our walk (which you weren’t) you get invited in for a look around as the name day event is taking place. But that is for tomorrow. I’ll let you draw your breath here, find your Symi map and mark the route, ready for when you do it on your next visit.
More tomorrow…
