It’s been a long time between part 1 and part 2 – soz bout
that, I have been crazy busy with a project that will be delivered in the next
quarter – but enough about work, let’s get back to the holiday!
We boarded a very lovely ferry in Athens, it was only 7.30am
and it was already in the late 20’s and toasty.
To toasty to be lugging around a backpack that is for sure. I had booked ahead and since this was going
to be one of the longer ferry rides that we were in for, I booked us aeroplane
seats. Which were like massive lazy
boys. There were plugs for our
phones/cameras/laptops and plenty of leg room, that was taken up by our
backpacks. The ferry was huge, there
were trucks and cars being loaded on and there were people everywhere.
The ride was great, we slept, I painted my nails, much to
Alex’s upset and Tahnee and I made friends with the wee Greek man sitting next
to us. We offered him a sour snake, and
unfortunately all three of us started choking on them as they were very
sour. He was very sweet and told us a
bit about Naxos.
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| The door |
Naxos is a small island, not a party island like the others,
which we had chosen for that reason. We
wanted to relax. When we got off the ferry
we found a bed and breakfast to stay in off the docks. The owner took a liking to me and throughout
our stay kept patting my arm and grabbing my cheek. We had the top floor to ourselves and had a
deck off each room.
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| Me and the bottle! |
We headed out for a walk along the beach and around the
town. It was a beautiful afternoon and the
water looked amazing. We headed back to
our hotel to chill out, play cards and drink a lot of vodka. A whole bottle in fact. I was well tipsy by the end of that. We decided that night to head out to the
outdoor cinema and see the Lone Ranger.
The cinema was great. We were all
rather tipsy when we got there, so ate gyros and drank some more Amstel. The movie was hilarious. To me this was a perfect night, drunk, a good
movie, balmy weather and great friends.
When we got back to the hotel, we played some more cards and relaxed.
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| Delicious fresh squid |
The next day dawned perfect and clear. As every day in a Greek summer apparently
does. We headed into the old town. It was beautiful and quaint – the cobbled
streets were narrow and high walled and the view from the top of the citadel
was stunning. We could see the other
nearby islands and had a great view of the door. After we had a delicious lunch on the
waterfront – of fresh seafood and more Amstel, it was time for a swim. The water was so clear that we could see fish
swimming around our legs. It was
incredibly refreshing and it was so hot that we dried out on the beach for
about a half hour afterwards.
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| Shopping in the old town |
That night we headed out to watch the sunset at the
door. This door is all that is left of
an ancient temple. The door is just
beautiful and the temple must have been very imposing in its day. It’s a tourist must do, so we had to fight
for the money shot of the sun setting through the door, but it was worth
it. We then headed into town for a
delicious dinner and drinking. The ferry
the next day was at a very civilised time so there was no need to get up to
early.
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