Beach time

There is no shortage of unique little beaches in Kythera. However, the daunting task of getting to some of them, combined with all the necessary eating and drinking, seriously limits the number you might visit in three days.

Helen's Apartments

Be it temporarily or permanently, everyone who touches our life changes us in some way. After 3 weeks with them in Xiropigado, Helen and her son Christopher have changed my life in ways that I will take with me for the rest of it.

One day, after the fourth pass of the mop, I managed to ask Helen, why so many times? Naturally, she responded that she wanted her apartments to be beautiful, and that they definitely are. From the second you step onto their property you know that the entire place has been tended to with a heart full of love. This same spirit extends to everyone who pass through their lives. I leave Helen's Apartments with so much more than a wonderfully satisfied belly and spirit, I feel like I have added some cherished family members to my life. Thank you so much Helen and Christopher! Your generosity is truly unparalleled.

Xiropigado

A small village of 700 or so clings to a steep hillside of the Argolian coast in a place known as Xiropigado. The beach is of pebbles, the water is every shade of blue, and existance is very sleepy. Many eek out an living renting domatia to Athenian weekenders and stray foreigners. Some grow olive or citrus trees. Others seem to earn a living cruising the village's two or three streets on their noisy motorbikes. I am passing my time swimming and torturing the locals with pantomime peppered with the ocassional poorly pronounced greek word. Basil will return soon and our adventure will continue.