We were wiped out from the drive, the sun, the heat, and being away from home for almost 3 weeks. But we were still ready to go!!! It was going to be a laid back day. Except it started out with banishing Eli from the car, playing puzzle me a parking spot on the ferry, and general stress of being stuck in the car on the ferry.
Once we were off the ferry in Lixouri, we grabbed some breakfast and headed to Yiaya's village. We weren't sure who we would see when we got their. We only had 1 name. And it turns out he wasn't working his usual hours, so we met no one. And that was fine by us, because we got to just experience by ourselves. Agia Thekli, my Yiaya's village was very small. It was in the heart of a beautiful valley, lush with trees and beautiful hills. We didn't get to see where her house was, but we saw her home. We saw the land. Surprisingly similar to California!
We drove 20 minutes to Petani beach. There was some HUGE house/compound, probably an Italian's. This beach was a lot different from the others, it had lots and lots of trees!!! We loved it. The clean Ionean sea, the great temperatures, and a lovely pebble beach where we didn't pay for an umbrella we didn't use. By this point in the trip we were done with being milked for money because we're American. We swam for probably 3 hours and headed back to the Airbnb area, happy and well salted!
