Limnos castle

Limnos

Backtracking here, but the captain omitted to tell you about our walk to the castle.

It was in the cool of the evening that we walked around the perimeter of the castle taking in the expansive views of the harbour and beyond. Everything was coated in the golden light of sunset. Goats and deer were roaming on the slopes eating the sage, peppermint and other prickly bushes, keeping them neatly trimmed.

The ruins were not fenced in any way and were quite exposed in places. We came across a deep well in the ground and tunnels that led to other remnant buildings. Some marble slabs with carvings of Islamic scripts had been 're-cycled into steps. Thickets of trees hugged the contours of the hill submitting to the northern winds. Below in the bay waited the Ellida, a tiny red speck.