Field Trip time!
Today we visited:
- Selinari (St. George)
- the monastery of Toplou
- Vai
First stop was Selinari (St. George)
This is the entrance
This is the church! It's beautiful!
Fun fact: My friend Lauren, who is also on the study abroad, knows someone who was baptized here!
It was up in the mountain and had gorgeous views!!
We even saw some Cri Cri (Cretan Mountain Goats) clinging to the sides! That was very cool!
Next was the monastery of Toplou
The courtyards we beautiful and spacious!
Apparently monks of this monastery fought against the turks during the rebellion! You could see the canon holes in the walls that were preserved and inside was a museum of many religious items and weapons used during the rebellion.
It was strange to have to wear towel to cover my shorts and then see weapons in a religious center!
Our last stop but the most beautiful one was Via.
It is home to
- the hottest part of Europe besides Cyprus
- a beautiful palm tree forest
- what was once the biggest banana plantations on the island
- a gorgeous beach
Mr. Toulinos owns the plantation and taught us about how he grows his bananas. His bananas are grown a lot slower than most and stay on the tree longer. Most other countries will pick the bananas early and then ripen them off the tree where as Mr. Toulinos leaves them on the tree to ripen. This makes them much sweeter than the ones at home!
Also these bananas are Bright Yellow !
I swear these are not edited even a little!
They're also a lot smaller than the bananas at home:
Just look how little it looks in mike's hand!
Being able to talk to Mr. Toulinos and taste these unique bananas was such an awesome experience!
Our last stop was the beach at via.
It was beautiful!
We swam out to those rocks and climbed them!
there are in close up here:
Overall it was an amazing day!
~ αγαπώ ~
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