Does typing "Days 15 & 16" mean that this trip is halfway over already? Here's to hoping I've miscounted. I do miss a lot of things and people back home and I'm looking forward to the last summer I'll have back at home, but I'm having a great time here.
We made our way from Santorini to Paros yesterday afternoon, but didn't do much other than get dinner and walk around a little bit last night.
Mom, STOP READING HERE and skip the next paragraph.
This morning I made a brief, mostly unsuccessful, attempt to ride a scooter, before eventually deciding that I'd feel a lot safer on an ATV for the 25 km ride to Golden Beach. I'm sure I could have gotten the hang of the scooter eventually, but I decided that a 25 km adventure wasn't really the time to find out.
Mom, START READING AGAIN HERE.
When we went to rent the ATVs this morning I discovered that I would need my driver's license, not just my passport, which is the opposite of what the hotel told me when they kept my license as collateral. So I had to call the hotel owner's cell phone, since there's no front desk, and eventually got the license back to proceed with the day.
Once we'd made it through that ordeal, we spent the rest of the day riding around the island. We stopped at three different beaches and a little shop/restaurant where it took all three employees, none of whom spoke English, about 20 minutes to make two sandwiches; they were pretty good for 2 euro though.
On our way back to the main town we took a back way, so that we could see a Mycenaean Acropolis, but went past it once we realized that we'd have to hike uphill for about a km to get to it. We continued to follow the back road, hoping it would eventually put us onto a main road... When it became a one way street we took a right turn down an alley which, conveniently, spit us out about 100m from our hotel.
We went back and cleaned up a bit before stopping off at the internet cafe where we are now. We're leaving here in a few minutes to grab dinner and then we'll probably go out for a little.
We leave Paros tomorrow morning to head to Mykonos.
P.S. Feel free to comment on here to let me know how everything is going back home
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Hi Steven - Dad here. We've loved reading your blogs but I didn't have a gmail acct so haven't posted til now. Aunt Tracy in particular has been impressed w/ your humorous writing, and I know that all your grandparents and Aunt Chris are following your blogs too.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Sean is taking some pictures. It sounds like you're having a great time... I'm jealous! We can't wait to hear about it in even more detail when you get back to the US.
We saw a little bit of Richmond this wkend on our way to Annapolis - just from the interstate. Had a great time at Katherine's & Dan's wedding!
Mom said to tell you to ck your email too.
Enjoy the second half of your trip!!!
Love, Dad
Hi Steven! This is Aunt Tracy-got the info from your Dad to send a note! So glad u are having fun &
ReplyDeleteenjoy every min since it is 1/2 over! I'm living
vicariously thru your travels/stories-very funny-
since I have never been nor probably will be to these places-what a great experience for you! Stay safe (NO MORE ATV's) and healthy and have fun with
Sean---what an amazing vacation-every day something new & different-thx 4 the note LV AT
Glad to see that so many people have been able to keep up this way. I do think it's pretty funny though that I have 2 comments here from "cindy" and mom didn't write either of them.
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