Isabelle

During our holiday in Poros, Greece in August 2014 we spent a day at a remote beach known as Vayionia bay.  We walked 7 km up a mountain and along small country road in 40 degrees centigrade heat to this isolated bay.  Apparently there is a ruined town under the sea although it much be quite far out into the sea because we couldn't see it anywhere.  What we hadn't planned for was the walk back to the hotel.  We had to walk up the mountain all over again however this time it was the hottest part of the day.  A very gruelling walk.  We tried to find the temple of Poseidon at Kalavrea which is the ancient name for Poros island.  We were too tired to walk up the road that lead to the temple and we were unsure about how far up the road the temple was.  The following day we returned and found that the temple was in fact quite close and not very far up the road.  They will be excavating the area where the temple is for many years, so there will be many interesting archaeological finds to come from there in the future.  This image captures a relaxed moment before we started our very hard walk up the mountain.



Isabelle, oil painting on canvas 106cm x 127cm, 2015