When I was younger I had the fantasy of living in a castle. My own castle with all the protective walls around it and the breathtaking view and all! I ended up living in a place that I love (among other things) about the lack of fences, let alone stone walls :)
What I hadn't consider when I had the castle fantasy was that the walls that keep the enemies out are, at the same time, confining you inside. Now I appreciate more the openness of a landscape and the unobstructed space for my walks!
This little castle though, reminded me the old fantasy and got me thinking how life would have been in there. After all it was inhabited until the early 40s, so my query is not completely out of place :)
We are at the island of Kythera in Greece and like in the two previous posts of mine, at the capital of the island, a small village called Chora.
The castle is attached on the village and there is a cobbled road, big enough for a car to come through, that leads inside. We had already finished our walk in the village (you can read about it here) and we continued for some more sightseeing!
It was no surprise that the view was stunning ( is this good enough for you?) and the calmness of the sea was, for sure, a big plus!
Most of the buildings in the castle that still stand, are churches but I didn't mind imagining (as part of the fantasy) that one of them was my living room, another one my office and maybe a small one my bedroom :)
At the edge of the walls we had a panoramic view of Kapsali, the biggest seaside resort of the island and yet so small and charming! Everything is low scale here, except from the view :)
Walking back to the village, I kept fooling around with my camera and wondering what would have been like living in here!
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