It's All Greek To Me

We made it to Paros. Our morning consisted of an early check out heading to the port. Where we had breakfast looking at the boats coming in. Man the turn over on these islands are crazy. SOOO many people being herded off the boats and scrambling to find the ride to their hotels. It's nuts, but fun to watch. 

We got on our boat and we glad to see we had seats together and right at the front of the boat. That was pretty cool, but short lived. We watched from letter E or F of the opening ceremonies of the olympics till somewhere in the late M. Man there are a lot of places we never heard of before.

We arrived at our hotel and our towels were in hat shaped but much to our dismay not folded in 3D form, so the the hat quickly fell apart. But it was still fun to try.

 

Then we headed out for a snack. We found a place overlooking the ocean. We enjoyed a Greek salad and a half litre bottle of wine. The wine was called retinas or something. It was very interesting. Had a sappy tree taste to it that was shocking at first but oddly delicious. 

 

After our snack we headed to the beach for a little bit. The sand is sticky, and sticks to you, his is really not my favourite thing. But we enjoyed the warmth of the sun. Luke took my camera and started taking pictures, so I post what he takes.

The best part was as we were enjoying the sun and the beach our clothes were being washed. Since Santorini we wanted to wash our clothes but haven't seen a laundromat, just places that would do it for you. Because we were mostly in our bathing suits it didn't really matter to much to push our clothes a few extra days. But getting to Paros we think this is just the way it is. So while we relaxed our clothes were being cleaned. It was wonderful. 

 

The day was done before we knew it and we were off to find a dinner place. We found a great place to enjoy a nice long meal. It is in the garden of afamilies home, but it was quite large. Here we enjoyed stuffed vine leaves. Essentially they are Greek cabbage roll, rice and dill and other spices all stuffed into a vine leaf, with tzatziki on top. Was real yummy. 

 

After dinner we walked the Main Street that wraps around past the port on either side. The main life on these islands is the night life. That has been made very evident to us. They are alive really starting at 10 when most of them start to have dinner. The shops are open till 1 am and the streets are bustling, music is playing, and the atmosphere changes. 

We didn't walk for long before heading in the direction of the hotel. With one more day in Paros we shall do a mix of things. Before we know it we will be heading to Athens.

And so the adventure continues...