I arrived safely early am in Leros on the ATR 52-600 airplane, at the municipal airport. Leros is an Aegean Island with a significant coastline, and forested mountain tops, that fall into open rectangular valleys. The harbor where the ferry is located is on the southern tip of the island, where the terrain transforms into carbonic rock formations, dotted with small villages. Rustic.
I have but a little under two hours in Leros before catching on the ferry to Patmos, my ultimate destination, where I will stay for several days. Observing the Greek edict to find shade, I park my keister under an umbrella at local restaurant, just a stone’s throw from the ferry stop. The waiter asks me in Greeklish if I want “pondcake” which I think a bit odd, but I smile and gesture affirmatively that I would, thinking Leros poundcake must be extra special and not something to miss. A short while later the waiter brings me two plates, stacked ski-high with giant pancakes. I take in the scenery while carbo loading pancakes.
I hop on the ferry and arrive in Parmos about 1.5 hours later.
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