Greece, day 4

Watering the plants

Today we went to see Aristotle’s birthplace. It is a beautiful and amazing place with lots of history (as you probably could have guessed). There are remnants of of the town wall and the bottoms of giant containers that were in the basements of houses and held food or oil. There is also incredible plant life, many species of which Aristotle described. (I probably don’t need to mention that Kostas and I enjoyed looking at them).

The city was originally built for shipbuilding as the trees in the area were good for making ships. Because Aristotle was Alexander the Great’s teacher, the city was spared during one of the many wars undertaken by Alexander’s father, Alexander and Alexander’s son. The coasts were gorgeous and we hiked up and down steep hills and enjoyed the view. AJ also took part in ancient culture and helped to water the plants just like they did in olden days. 🙂

Ermis ready to inhale tzatziki

From there we went to a village, Lerissos, and had a delicious fish lunch. Fair to say it’s pretty obvious who grew up near and ocean and who didn’t. Orestis, Anna and Ermis all clamored for, bickered over and enjoyed eating squid, octopus and fish. AJ had the chicken and pasta. I did try everything, but I have to confess I don’t like it when my food is looking back at me, so, needless to say, I’m not so fond of the fish with heads. (I guess we know who also didn’t grow up next to the ocean…)

After lunch we played at the beach and AJ collected shells and buried his feet in the sand. A good time was had by all.