A walk around the open fields of Lychna
Fanaraki beach near Moudros
The beach at Lychna
A vacation of fun… and not so much fun
Here is a tiny taste of my recent photos from the island of Limnos (also spelled Lemnos, in English). For those who missed the last blog post, my husband and I stayed in my family house on this island, where my father hailed from.
Since my father’s passing last year I found out that the house had been infested with mice. The house was disinfected and cleaned before we got there.
And it was clean enough to stay in, I do admit, but we did have problems. Two years it had been left closed and we found doors that were jammed, things that needed scrubbing and oiling, and lights that blinked like those in a disco. Plus, the bed had bugs that gave us spots that itched. No kidding.
But those were the small things. The big things were that the kitchen sink had unstuck itself from the wall and slanted to the side. I had to wash dishes gingerly for 10 days and hope it didn’t crumble on me. We had a carpenter come in and now that we’re gone he is going in to install a brand new replacement.
Another big problem we encountered was that we found out, much too late, that the mice had eaten the insulation inside the oven. One night, I made the mistake, none the wiser, to cook something in the oven and the house soon filled with toxic white smoke. We coughed and ran outside and kept going back in to check for a long time as we switched off the oven and the switches on the board. But, the oven didn’t stop fuming or begin to cool until we cut the power from the wall behind it with a garden shears.
It all made for an ‘interesting’ vacation, I tell you. We had to shop for several things we missed in the house since the mice had been. An appliance with two electric rings to cook with after the disaster, for starters. And, we had to go to the capital of Myrina twice for some serious paperchasing for family affairs.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND LISTEN TO THE WAVES!
Still, as you can see in this photo of me in the capital on this beautiful beach under Myrina Castle, we interspersed the shopping and the paperchasing with blissful breaks that involved sun and sea (and a couple of fabulous taverna meals, of course).
My father’s house is at the edge of the village of Lychna. It has an enchanting rustic feel, like the rest of the village, and a good piece of land around it. The lack of neighbours guarantees us a lot of peace and quiet all day and beautiful golden-field views as far as the eye can see.
A cockerel and a scatter of hens visited us daily, roaming around our land. Some of the hens clucked as they went, their chickens chirping busily behind them.
One of the hens looked rather uneasy in our presence, seeing that we soon found out she had made a nest on a pile of old magazines at the BBQ area.
We left her alone and ventured over there very sparely to give her space. And she thanked us by leaving us one egg a day. One day, we found three eggs, we couldn’t believe it!
I had so missed the color and the taste of omelette made of fresh country eggs. Somehow, knowing the hen that laid them made them even more precious 🙂
Truly, this small blessing made it up to us for the bed bugs and the putrid smoke we inhaled haha
I am now back home settling in, and haven’t had the chance to sort out my pictures yet, but in the blog posts to come I will be introducing you to different parts of the village and of the island in detail with a wealth of sunny photos and a little bit of history, too.
We didn’t get the chance to visit many of the places we intended to, like the roofless mountain church of Kakaviotissa, the dessert area of Ammothines, and the natural salt mine at Alykes because of all the hiccups. But there’s always next time!
If you’re interested in Limnos sightseeing, make sure to check out this blog occasionally as in the next couple of months I will share details of the places I went to. Or, sign up to my newsletter to receive my travel reports straight into your inbox as they are issued!
Check out my previous post where I share more pictures from Lychna. You’ll also get to see the stunning Neolithic settlement on Lake Kastoria!
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