Wednesday 09 September : KORONI to Zaga beach (4 miles)

I hear the church bells tolling 8 and so it seems a good time to stir ourselves. Breakfast on our patio overlooking the distant mountains of the second fingure of the Pelopponese. We have honey and Greek yogurt and muesli and coffee, all very tranquil. We cycle off to the far end of Zaga beach and the umbrellas and sun loungers are free to customers of the taverna behind. There are several tortoise nesting sites marked out on the beach as there were at Kalo Nero, and apparently there are only a few places in the Mediterranean where the tortoise choose to nest. There's even waitress service here and a little while later we order a cafe freddo, which is the best iced coffee yet, proper espresso with ice and frothy milk on top brought direct to our sun loungers. It clouds over a bit later and we head to the taverna for Greek salad and stuffed tomato and pepper with some really sherry like 'white'wine. It starts to rain later on in the afternoon though it's still incredibly hot, and we head back to base. The sun then shines again and we visit the convent set within the walls of the castle. The nuns seem happy for suitably dressed visitors to wander around their grounds and greet us with a friendly'yassos' There are impressive views in all directions from very precipitous and unguarded ramparts, refreshingly unEnglish. We wander round the cobbled narrow streets and end up at the Parthenon for an iced draught beer. We have probably walked further today than we have cycled. Now planning where to eat tonight.