A hot and humid day today (32 degrees+) with another one forecast for tomorrow. I will definitely be swimming at Agia Anna in the Big Blue tomorrow!!
Fourteen of us gathered at a tiny taverna in the abandoned village of Asfondalitis for dinner tonight. The taverna is solar powered for all the cooking with the exception of a wood fired oven built into the end of the building. This oven baked our delicious dinner of goat.
The skies darkened quickly after we arrived and we were soon enveloped in a blanket of stars. It was magical!
The owner explained that she grew up in the village which was home to about 40 people until electricity came to the island in 1981. Villagers moved into larger towns on the island and the village was soon abandoned. The taverna was a typical example of "build it and they will come".
There was nothing around except goats and hills.
Her kitchen
Recipes by lantern!
We consumed plates of horta, salad and roasted chickpeas before platters of goat and rice stuffing arrived on the table. It was wonderful.
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