It was the end of the first part of the holiday. Rosemary and Selina flew back to England; I stayed on and went paragliding. I left the Hotel Palace at Glyfyda at 7.10 by taxi for the railway station. There was a big queue for the tickets. Bought a return ticket, and caught the train at 8.24 and arrived in Platamonas at 14.10. Almost six hours on the train. First part of the trip I did not have a seat; there was some double booking of the seats. No one spoke any English on the train, but they let me know when we arrived at Platamonas. Olympic Wings were waiting for me at the station. I appear to be the only one staying, although there are some Germans arriving on Wednesday.
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View of the Casle and sea from my Balcony.
The three I met were Stelios, Claudio and Nicos. I had a talk with them, and they were going to start me gently at 9.00 on Saturday with some non-Thermal flights.
View of the front of Olymphic Wings, and their transport.
The school has its own accommodation, which was basic and clean. The balcony I had overlooks the castle and sea. We could land down on the beach, (if we were good flyers). I was shown the local square, and the way down to the sea. The Sea was about 20 minutes walk, through some campsites. At around 18.00 I went for a swim. To get to the sea, means crossing a rather busy main road. Just before I reached the road, there was a tremendous crashing and scraping noise. A lorry had not made the corner, and had toppled over loosing its load. It took the whole of the next day to clear up.
The guard dog. He was a real softy. Though he did like to chase the odd cat.
Back at 7.30 from the swim, had Lamb and Greek Salad for supper. Spoke to Rosemary who had just got back from Greece. Held up on the M25!