On four wheels on Milos

Wednesday  

So I woke up this morning with the  sun shining through the  bedroom window, having forgotten to close my shutters, a quick look out of it, there was a orange streak across the horizon, the sun was on its way up. A visit to the bakery up the road to get lunch, I bought my usual spanakopita and two drinks, seven Euros! Now I am pretty sure the same thing costs just over three Euros in Andros, the bakery here is just a regular place. I then had a  walk to town to get a car. The process here was much more complicated and they took a deposit and payment for the days I will have the  car. On Andros, no money changed hands before I brought the car back. When they did the check over the car, they went over with a proverbial microscope! Finally I went and picked up my ferry ticket, thankfully no dramas there, for some reason this journey, online checkin was not available. I went into tourist information for a map of the island. Despite being open, they were not, but I managed to get a map of sorts from the lady inside! I am very pleased with the apartment, it has a nice large shower, so you don’t end up with the shower curtain sticking to you! The duvet and bed linen is nice too. 

So the plan was to try and see the Catacombs, Ancient Theatre and Castle today. They are all in the same area of this strange shaped island. Before I got to them I stopped on the way to a town called Trypiti. There are loads of the four wheeled motor bikes here, that you see people using on hill farms in the UK. Like motor bikes, people are not usually wearing helmets or proper clothing to protect themselves if they fell off. I understand locals using them, because the roads are very narrow, but tourists, maybe not.

Trypiti, has some windmills, one in very good condition.

It also had a kiosk, it was run by a guy who lived in the village, but he has since died. It’s a lovely momento to the service he gave to the townspeople.

While wandering round, I saw a dog in a field, upside down, legs in the air, mouth wide open! The town  also had a pretty church, I love the combination of the white buildings and blue sky. There was also a small field, just a sea of red, with poppies. 

So I left the town, and drove to the catacombs. It was only a short visit inside , for whatever reason we are only allowed ten minutes in there. The tunnel layout  is in the shape of a cross. It was robbed years ago. The bones have dissolved too, something to do with the air and limestone? There are six hundred tombs. What they did was stack people on top of each other, so I suppose if someone had dissolved they put a new body on top! Some of the richer people had colouring around the archway where the tombs were cut into the rock. 

Next I had a walk to the outdoor theatre, again built in ancient times. A lot of it has collapsed, but the seating is almost intact. 

After a wander per the theatre, it  was off to Plaka where the castle is. There is not much of it left, just the foundations. But atop of it, you get a great view of the island and it’s odd shape. Of course there is a church there, not sure how old that was..

So tomorrow I think I will look at other parts of the island, there are several mentioned natural wonders, that must be seen.