Day 7: Exploring Mushroom Bay!

Day 7 Photo Album

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Today was definitely one of my favorite days of the trip so far. We got up early at 7:00am and drove for an hour, accompanied by Mr. D's excellent music and many renditions of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". After making a quick stop in Paris (or at least seeing an Eiffel tower statue) we made it to Pylos and Navarino Bay. Pylos bay is a beautiful deep blue cove connected to the ocean through a channel, in which the rocks lean towards each other and make the bay look like a mushroom, or the Greek letter omega. The first thing we did was a relatively arduous hike in the hot sun to a cave called Nestor's cave that gave us an excellent view of the whole area. We then continued our hike to the top of the huge hill where the ruins of an ancient fortress built for the battle of Navarino lay. Everyone met at the top, overlooking the beautiful scenery, and then we climbed up a section of the fortress wall and walked along the edge. With the wide open ocean to our right, the overgrown inside of the castle to our left and only a 3 foot-wide wall under our feet, I was quite nervous. The prospect of tumbling hundreds of feet into the sea or 15 feet into the brambles was a little daunting. However, everybody made it along the wall unscathed. After that, we walked back down the hill and back for a swim in Pylos bay. This was my personal favourite part of the day, as the hypersalinated was very easy to swim in. It was really nice floating along on top of the water until, of course, you got a wave in your face.

Amalia