On the road (part 5)

 

My time at the beautiful island of Lefkada is almost over so I try to fill my eyes with the last bits of its beauty as I'm about to leave it behind. The North end of the island has a large swamp with sea water that gives some unusual shades, at least not so common around Greece:

Not a good idea to walk that thing so I didn't:

The iron horse waits, gotta move on:

At the North East end of the swamp above is this stripe of sand which forms a docking/swimming bay with view to the local castle (more on that later):

I like this stone wall with its stairway at the end leading to this miniature church:

The view from the top is nothing to complain about:

This marina hosts a couple of antique sail boats. Here's one of them:

If you haven't found it funny or cartoonish yet, look at its "stairway to heaven":

It's like taken from your tasteless poor grandma's house. The other one is more graceful:

Poses better too:

I told you a couple of posts ago that Lefkada is a rare case of a bridged Greek island. However, don't expect a real bridge it's the following ferry doing this job:

A rare case of an almost idle ferry but a pretty smart and functional idea as it folds when small vessels have to pass and rotates when bigger ones have to.

A pair of canons still standing at one end though they don't have to protect the island anymore:

At this point I think I've found the father of that bridge ferry:

You saw the canons before, now let's see the outside of the local fortress:

It's South side gets more complimented by the sun hence offers better images:

Opposite side of the fortress another swamp offers me the following pair of images:

Dear Lefkada, I'm leaving you behind with a heavy heart but I'm sure your beauty will bring me back to you sometime soon. Time to move South now...

To be continued 🙂