More Exploring

After another late night playing at The Sunrise, up bright and early to see a few houses that we might stay in on future visits. This involved more walking up and round the Horio.

Saw some nice places, but forgot to take photos apart from the date on a piece of coquillage in the courtyard of one house. Coquillage involves hammering in pebbles to earth, so is very labour intensive. Modern versions set pebbles into concrete, so that they are more raised than older examples. There are lots of examples on Symi and other Dodecanese islands, often in church squares.

On our way around the Horio, we saw the donkey train ferrying building materials to one of the many renovation projects going on. Because much of the Horio is inaccessible by road, this is the alternative - effectively doubling the cost of building materials. Hard for the donkeys on the marble steps that abound, and hard on the steps.

After that we had a nice lunch and ended up having a siesta. The clouds have blown away leaving clear blue skies - as warm as the UK!