Day 18 Piraeus to Hydra

Our ferry to Hydra was leaving at 10am so we dragged our cases the 15 minutes from our hotel to the correct port gate over various rough pavements and roads under construction, it looked so much easier on the map. We were given very good window seats with a table so we used the two hour ferry trip to work out a bit of an itinerary for our next week or so of our planned road trip of Greece.

We arrived into Hydra with a few showers of rain and easily found our hotel. We had chosen a hotel near the port as there aren't any cars allowed, so people staying on the hill have to arrange for donkeys to carry luggage up. The other reason we had chosen this hotel was because it had washing machines available and it was 10 days 
since we had stayed somewhere with this facility so we were getting a little desperate.

We got the washing going and headed out for lunch, as it was also K's birthday she was answering calls, messages and emails. Hydra is a very pretty port and we took a walk around the point. We could see that the nearby Greek mainland sky was threatening with ominous clouds and lots of thunder so we headed back to get our washing inside before venturing out again. 

Once again the streets were swarming with loud groups of children, all on their own and they seemed to be about 13 years old. There were so many of them that they were really spoiling the old world quiet ambiance, finally K asked someone why they were there, apparently they are on school excursions.