Squaring the Circle
A few final things to tick off today, but was mainly a lazy day in our AirBnb.
Plenty of time on our hands, alarm set to give me a chance to make a stab at the run I've being exploring over the last few days. Essentially a full loop of the valley just after sunrise, and even that was a struggle for the last mile, but got it done and felt oddly satisfied with my 4.5 miles...
Nice to hit the shower and pool thereafter then kick back with a bit of toast whilst Chrissi went out to do her run.
Suitably exercised and exorcised (after previous tough run), it was then to ensure that a decent bit of swimming also done to counter weigh the lack of running. My progress has been limited but I've gone a bit further each day and am happy with that. Sadly no pool at home mean this is likely to be a splash in the pan! (so many word plays there, not least Carys used to call swimming pools pan when she was a toddler)
As other kids in the cave house hit the pool, Chrissi and I retired to the solace of Flea. A second breakfast, chat with the locals (although no-one could speak each others language, so much gesturing). and a bit of reading time. They like us in Flea, we can tell.
All afternoon in the end was reading and chilling in the Cave House. Can't believe how lucky we have been with this find, we had the whole place to ourselves. Glad I brought my speaker, Spotify again allowed us to listen to music, finish our latest books etc
Our last night here and we strolled around to the other village, Eggares to try a restaurant there. They all seemed so quiet you do wonder how they make a living. The one we chose, Charis had a few people eating, not everything on the menu was available, perhaps that's how they keep their costs down. I was cornered by choice into trying Goat for the first time, or the first time not in a curry.
The waitress who was lovely and gave us her life story also gave us the goats life story. Had lived a couple of fields down until recently, and was very reliable. They cooked it so well, the meat fell off the bone, the lemon and garlic brought it to life, although sadly for the faithful goat, he wasn't brought back to life. We also ate some delicious spicy local cheese and drank local wine as the sun began to fall.
Before it did completely and because they don't rush you into making further dessert choices here, they don't even ask, we walked back around the valley to have a night cap and an ice cream in Flea. The night cap was Kitron, a citrus based liqueur I was keen to try, as is made on the island in the centre in a distillery, and can't be found in too many other places. Very sweet, very nice, very sleepy....
The goat portion looks enormous did it taste like any other meat another lovely day safe travels to Santorini
ReplyDeletetasted just like chicken, old joke that Dorothy, assumed you set me up nicely.
DeleteWhat a lovely day, well done on getting the run in. In those heats I think I'd have given it a miss (though I'm no runner).
ReplyDeleteI love goat, cooked well it can be so much richer than lamb, but with that same tanginess that you often find in older sheep, like a hoggart. It is clear that the Greeks like the same cuts of meat as the Spaniards as I've eaten Pierna de cabra many times there. Though the idea of learning about the goat's life story is a new trick - I love the idea of that and might have gone back another day to find out where and how the rabbit had lived, before I'd eaten it, I see it was the next option on the menu. Growing up my aunt had a Maltese family living next to her and they used to keep pet rabbits, until they had been properly fed-up and eating time came and the pets became dinner!!
Reading your descriptions of the last few days has made me feel relaxed - I hope the next hop on the journey is not too frenetic and it goes well.
yeah, had rabbit many years ago in Malta... recall that been a right fiddle with very little rewards, lots of scraggy bits of meat. That could of course be more down to the quality of the rabbit I guess. I couldn't believe how tender it all was though, all jokes aside, you felt they really knew what they were doing, the lemon and garlic all soaked in nicely. Chips with everything feels a bit random mind, even for a 'food luddite' like me!!
DeleteI had noted the chip epidemic you have suffered - but having mentioned chips once in my comments I was planning to leave it alone, but as you mention it, I can't help myself.
DeleteIt really is a puzzle, given how many really delicious things you can do with potatoes, especially alongside roasted meat, let alone the range of other grains: quinoa, bulgar, rye, buckwheat, spelt, couscous, barley; or the the wide variety of rices!!
In the US I've eaten in Greek restaurants with delicious Greek Potatoes with lemon, rosemary, thyme, garlic and olive oil, they would seem perfect with the goat - but sadly not for you on this occassion!!
Sounds very relaxing guys! Hope you've had a lovely time on the whole trip so far. Not sure about eating a goat though - can't eat anything that looks so cute/kind!
ReplyDeletethey'd eat us if they could
Deleteand weren't vegis! ha ha .. cheer bro..
DeleteExcellent run(s) - in heat - well done both. Agree re usefulness of swimming - shame it won't be carried on. CAVE HOUSE, yeah, sounds lovely and different. GOAT - no comment!!!!
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