We left at 10 a.m. from Salonica, with excellent weather conditions, we stoped to refuel and hitch Nicole, and then we drove, well, Mitsos did, to Kavala. This time I was prepared for Asprovalta. This place intrigues me inexplicably. It is probably nothing more than a normal town next to the sea, but for some reason I feel like I must visit it. This will probably sound very movie-like to you, but I can't express it with other words. Take a look at this picture and be sure that one day you will read about it here. Except if Asprovalta is Purgatory...
Driving by the sea, we reached Kavala after almost 2 hours. The city looked fabulous from above. You have to understand that the city is built on a cliff, like sliding towards the sea. Mitsos drove to the city port and we went on to take a walk.
The city looked as a mini Thessaloniki, as I told you: Cafeterias, taverns, small or bug shops, banks, all gathered nice and tidy. Too nice might add: It was so quiet, it felt strange. Few people were taking a walk, mostly old folks. Some fishermen (damn me if any of them was Greek!) were selling some fish and generally there were no cars. Oh crap! As soon as I thought of it, 2 Lamborghinis appeared, followed by a Porsche Cayenne! I am a fast revolver with my digital camera, but the Lamborghinis were faster and so I missed the chance to take a shot at them and get cursed by their drivers...
I did get cursed later though: After taking some pictures with Nikoletta, I noticed that there were some little carton-made goblins on the middle of the port. These "goblins/gremlins", part of the Greek tradition, are supposed to come on Earth from the underworld and do any kind of mischief, before the birth of Christ drives them away. Cute story, right? Teaches you not to fear evil shit, as long as you have faith. Now, these "goblins" were supposedly trying to sink the Greek "karavaki", the small ship, another Greek, traditional thingy. Also, they were depicted as stealing rabbits, pigeons and all kinds of stuff, as the folklore tales have told. I repeat: VERY traditional.
My girlfiriend alway makes fun of me, calling me names and stuff, since I tease her all the time, so I thought it would be fun to take a picture next to a "goblin". Then all hell broke loose! I wish I could write to you about how these "goblins" came to life and attacked us, but this would be too good. No, it had to be some kind of I-don't-know-how-to-call-her middle-aged lady, who started complaining because I was "hugging the devil". She closed in, like wanting to observe the hideous act, when I got up and told her that it was ok and I was jsut making fun of it. Shhe kept mumbling about how all "this stuff insults Christmas and how does the major dare to allow these atrocities to be put here, defiling the traditional boat, yadda yadda yadda the devil wears yadda why not little angels bla bla bla" and she won't quit even as I and Nicole were apologising. Our mistake, I know; we should have left as Mitsos did, but I jsut can't turn my back to an elderly person, even if she is a half-crazed one. As I walked away, I felt sorry for the 3-4 girls that were going to take some photos as I tried to do. Because, as I realized later, Nicole didn't shot a photo! The crazy lady won and my soul was saved...
After walking around for some time, we decided to go and grab a bite. We found some fish taverns and we chose the one called "Beautiful Mitiline", for obvious reasons. I enjoyed the food and the antics of Mitsos, as he was desperately trying to open his ouzo, remind us of good, old times.
The food was very good, and I enjoyed the company of cats, those gentle creatures that my girlfriends seems to be afraid of. Taking a bit of a small shock, after paying the bill, we decided to go walking again, so we can enjoy the view and digest at the same time. What better way to do that by walking up the city's acropole?
I liked the neighborhoods, all stone roads and old houses, but still, it was too damn' quiet! We reached a place where you could see most part of the city...
but we decided to go and check what lies behind the hill. Well, big surprise: More sea and a view of the eastern part of the city. The island of Thasos could be seen in the distance.
Nikoletta found some stairs leading to the beach, so we decided to go and check it out. It was all rocks and stones, but it was relaxing and beautiful.
Goind down was easy, but the hard part of going up lied ahead... Still, we managed to return to our car, safe and sound, but something was calling to us... a need to be fullfilled... a desire of some sorts... yes, Drama and Remvi were calling!The waiter went to meet his guests. Three they were and clearly not from Drama.
-What is it? What do you want?
-We simply want a small token. A portion of coffee and sugar, in order to make frape.
-Coffee and sugar, eh? You will find plenty of both down there (shows to them a ΚΑΠΗ)
-This is blasphemy! This is madness!
-Madness? This..is.. REMVIIIIII!!!
Yes! The near-legendary bar cafe in Drama was calling to us! We called Natalia to come and join us, and find out what this place of myth was all about. As soon as we arrived in Drama, house music was heard. We assumed that it might came from the winter fair that was on the city park, but, alas, it was music from Remvi. Beat music at 16:30? You bet! Remvi was nearly full of people, with loud music coming from boxes both in- and outside the building. I was worried that we might need a pass that proves that we are from Drama or else we couldn't seat, but fortunately nothing of the sort happened. We were fortunate and blessed to find a four-seat table, outside, so we could taste what was considered the most divine thing after mana fell from the sky: Remvi's drinks!
We ordered frape and a pineapple juice... The service was good and the bar was nicely decorated, with good looking people inside. But what the hell was wrong with the coffee? It tasted like a leaked fluid from some ventilation pipe or something. It was like a thick, gluey fluid, which I can only assume happened because the frape was done with a machine (insolence!) rather by hand. But it tasted horrible! Was it because the waiter realized that we weren't locals? I don't know... I only drunk 2-3 sips, like Mitsos and then we gave up. At this moment, Natalia appeared. She was happy to see us, as were we. Now, don't ask me why I don't have any photos; it was getting dark and I was still in awe of finally sitting in Remvi, the Mecca of Drama, the foundation of Drama's nightlife. :-P Natalia's friends, the two Marias (!) came also by and we talked a bit. Very nice and pleasant girls, they explained to us that there was some kind of afternoon party going on, therefore the loud music. I enjoyed talking to them, but we had to go, because Mitsos needed to return to Kozani. Still, I am wondering how he managed to escape Remvi's calling. Perhaps it was because we refused to drink our frape. Mitsos took us by force, but we promised to return.
Will it be next week? Will it be Drama? Litohoro? Bulgaria maybe? Xanthi? It might not be far away. It might even be a dark room in the Village Center Cosmos. Stay tuned!
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