Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday we were woken by the endless ringing of church bells... a beautiful sound! It wasn't until we took a walk through the village at noon that we discovered why the ringing had not stopped. Children had been given permission to ring the bells and were taking turns with the ropes!

Around 2pm we drove to Panorama restaurant in Tholaria for an Easter feast of  goat on the spit, stuffed goat, roasted goat and goat innards! The food was accompanied by loud, off key singing with traditional instrumentation! 

Our group of 2 Swedes, 2 Germans, 2 Canadians, 1 Brit and 1 Greek managed to consume several plates of the delicacies along with a couple of carafes of local wine.

Sitting so close to the music took its toll so we finally drove down to the bay for a swim. It was around 30 degrees and the water was perfect! Afterward we decided to drop in to Christo's ouzeri for a sunset drink. We were welcomed to his table to join in another feast of....goat! Impossible to say NO! So we joined about 20 of his friends for goat on the spit!...quite delicious with a gourmet touch of garlic. The sun set behind us, the fishing boats rocked in the sea and we toasted to a good year ahead! By this time my camera had refused to work so there are no photos of this special feast.

Returning to Chora, we joined the villagers in a festival of live music and dancing. Although there was a table full of food, we couldn't possibly eat another morsel. By 10pm we were ready for bed...full and exhausted!