Here we are again for the wonderful #wednesdaywalk challenge by @tattoodjay and this one is a walk in the village I currently live. Fourth Wednesday walk and I am still showing you the area around and this rings a bell that maybe I need to fly a bit further :)
The weather these last two days was very windy, especially today as you can see below. The waves are visible from up here!
Let's start walking in the tiny village of around 100 inhabitants.
15 kids are growing up here, so a basketball basket on the wall of an abandoned house is a very characteristic picture of the situation here. Most houses are abandoned, but at the same time some people are doing their best to give to this village life again.
No cars in the village, only stairs and narrow streets. It is beautiful but not always easy when you live here.
You can see which houses are inhabited from the woods outside the door :)
The only way to go by car is around the village, but it is an one way road and you don't want to get stuck there. This sign is valuable, although not put at the best spot.
The center of the village is around its spring in the one and only square.
There is a window above the falling water and if you look inside you can see the beauty of the backstage.
The root of the spring is deep inside the earth, so even though we have a very rainy weather, we can't see the results yet. It is usually in spring when the water starts flowing again in abundance.
This is the old "bakaliko", mini market, that closed last year. The owner retired at the age of 90. He didn't want to leave the village without a shop where the older people that can't go to the city could do their daily shopping.
His old car is parked a bit further.
And that was the old "kafeneio". The coffee shop that had the first TV in the whole region, first than the city coffee shops :) The owner was pretty proud of this!
The view from here is amazing!
There is a wild cat that lives at the edge of the village that decided to accompany me through half of the walk.
She is so cute! Took advantage of not being with the dog, demanded and won long stroking. |
When I get out of the house, first thing I see are these drawings made by the kids. I love the last one!
And there is some more kid's graffiti.
And some more photos...
For the end my favorite spot. I love this narrow path that leads to the villager's gardens just below the village.
Happy walks!