Kalavryta...Friday

Day one in Kalavryta started predictably (in Grigoria’s book anyway) with breakfast and then the assembly of my bike – ‘Shrek’ as Grigoria affectionately calls it.

Once the bike was all in order we spent the majority of the day catching up with Grigoria’s parents before they all went for a siesta and Grigoria’s aunt Tina arrived.

So while everyone was napping I ventured out to tackle the local hills around the area, which in my book looked more like mountains!
Nevertheless, I was still keen to get the legs spinning and burn some calories so I headed for the monument, which commemorates the Heroes of the War for Independence 1821 (summit 1000 metres above sea level).

The large statue with three giant figures: the priest, signifying Bishop Germanos and the role of the church, a klepht, one of the freedom fighters, and on top is a statue of a woman who symbolizes Greece being freed from her chains is a significant statue in the area and a great look out reward after 35minutes of climbing before a quick 15 minute decent and then a final painful climb back up to the house.

Our evening ended with a short visit to a family friends’ house to delivery some small Easter gifts to the children before I dropped into bed for some hard earned sleep.