Arrived on the island of Patmos yesterday morning, after an overnight ferry from Piraeus (the port of Athens). The previous two day's I'd spent with good friend Dianna on the island of Aegina, just an hour's ferry ride from Athens (where she lives). But we parted with plans to meet up again in the next week or two. (Check out the link above for photos from Aegina, and of Patmos.)
Patmos is within sight of Turkey, and is where St. John wrote the Book of Revelation. It's also an extremely gorgeous island with exquisite landscapes, nice beaches and a relaxed atmosphere. I've done a fair amount of biking around, as well as hiking along some ridges overlooking the port and main town, and looking out to the sea in all directions, since the island is extremely skinny at the center. It's really the perfect place for just rambling around exploring on bicycle and on foot; lots of great landscapes and interesting things to come across, i.e. castle ruins, donkeys and horses, remote, uncrowded beaches and, for some strange reason, a table and chair placed randomly alongside a side road, with an empty bottle of ouzo and a shot glass on it, just waiting for a photo shoot (again, see the link above). Well I've got to cut this one extremely short, as I'm out of time on the computer I'm using. Check back again for more, whenever I get around to it...
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