more old relics

On Thursday 28th Simon and Lynn arrived by ferry and the next day we started our history cruise with a visit to the wonderful temple of Aphaia (490bc) (curiously many of the statues found here are now in munich museum).

choosing dinner at the fish market, aigina

Aigina was again noisy, chaotic and stiflingly hot but curiously the more we come here the more we like it. The port is mayhem with ferries, hydrofoils and numerous yachts coming and going (the hydrofoils coming in at high speed causing a big wash in the harbour and sending all the moored boats rocking and rolling!), and the road along the quayside is like the M25 except the traffic (high percentage of noisy scooters) doesn't come to a halt. But away from the front there are some lovely local shops, a great fishmarket (choose some fish from a stall and they deliver to the restaurant you're eating at) and some attractive buildings (perhaps reflecting the glorious days when the Greek flag of independence was first raised here after the war of independence). My economic barometer (price of a haircut E10 here) suggests Aigina economy closer to Malta(E4) than UK (£17) or france (E22).

Pomegranites at Vathi

From Vathi Harbour

The Fisherman at Vathi