Karpathos - 16th of September
Roadtrip into the mountains, a thousand and one bends, but then you end up in a fairytale village!
Olympos is the most traditional and at the same time most remote village on the island of Karpathos.
Drinks and pastries at the first tavern we came across. Turned out the owner was the beauty, we saw stocking up at the greengrocer on our first day in Pigadia. It's a small island.
Olympos is literally stuck to a mountain and all the streets from high to low are connected by stairs and narrow alleys.
The main street of this unique mountain village looks a bit touristy. Everywhere women in traditional costumes are doing needlework, who all complimented me on my beautiful blue skirt with embroidery. As we wandered through the side streets and colorful alleys, I bought a pair of handmade Greek slippers with embroidery and pompoms.
In the afternoon we drove to the east coast. We ended up at a beautiful beach along the quiet main road of the village of Diafani.
Diafani is a nice, quaint fishing village with the sense of tranquility and only a few traditional tavernas. Perfect place for seafood lunch with a view.
We stayed the rest of the afternoon on the beach swimming, reading and lazing around and could clearly see Rhodes in the distance. Every now and then we crossed the street for a drink on the terrace, where the only guests were a few old greek men. We really got that old-fashioned Greek island feeling, from when we went island hopping on the Cyclades in the late eighties.
We actually wanted to postpone the return journey as long as possible, but we also knew that we had to make the gigantic winding journey back to Pigadia, and preferred to do this in daylight.
The return trip seemed strangely shorter and upon arrival at our 'villa september' we took a dip in the pool!
Later that evening we had dinner in the port of Pigadia and did some grocery shopping.
