Chicken wrapped in bacon from the grill
Views from Castle in Lemnos
Leaving Lemnos
Sad to leave this island.
Lemnos is a perfect holiday island, the main town Myrina where the ferry pulls in sits below a ruined castle.
Myrina is just about the right size, about 6000 residents, and has a very relaxed feel. Most stores close at 2pm for siesta and the whole place is like a ghost town, you feel like aliens have abducted everyone from the streets. It kinda feels wrong to be out walking. Mostly I decide to go home and have a sleep.
There is a strong Aussie connection with this island. Already we have met many Australian/Lemnians including the owner of a great restaurant opened only 3 days ago. We sat down at this restaurant which was full of locals, we tried to order but the waiter gave up on our pathetic efforts and got the owner. It was hard to pick but she had a faint Aussie accent. The young female owner grew up in Adelaide and returned to Lemnos when she was 11 years old. If you ever visit make sure you have lunch in Benetias, it is by the harbor, the menus are all in Greek and the waiters only speak Greek, but the seafood is fresh caught and cooked beautifully.
We met one Australian/ Lemnian couple who spends 4 summer months a year in Lemnos. the husband left Lemnos in the early 1950's. He told us his story. One of seven children on the farm in Lemnos there were too many mouths to feed so his father sold the six best sheep to pay for his fare to Australia. As a 16-year-old he ended up in a small country town of Eugowra helping a relative in a cafe. He made his life in Australia raising a family and now returns every year with his wife to his old home village.
The owner of where we were staying organised a taxi to take us to the airport at 5.30am. He stopped on the way to get a coffee, shouted us one for free saying that the shop at the airport wouldn't be open. I love these island airports, about 10 people getting on a plane, no queues, no hassles.
A healthy cheese and ham toastie with a frappe, Cafe by the beach at Myrina
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