Costanza featured a renovated tower house.  The tower features little slits in the side that could be used to fire arrows down at intruders.  The little church at the entrance of Castanza is dedicated to St. John. It features a painting of Jesus with no clothes on, which is quite unique. He’s being baptized by John the Baptist. 

Iris talked about how the retired men frequent the coffee shops. They can be a little lost once they retire, and it gets them out of the house and allows them to chat with their friends and other retirees. The Greeks have a maternal society in the house. While the man might wear the public hat, the woman sets the tone in the home.

Our destination today is Monemvasia. On the way, we stopped at a small fishing village for lunch. They served fish with calamari and homemade dessert. The fish had heads on them, of course. The waters in this area are very clean and blue. We even saw some sort of eel swimming off the shore.  

As we headed back out on the road to Monemvasia, we saw a shipwreck from smugglers who got caught with untaxed cigarettes. It seemed like something out of a movie.