Greg and Deb's Travel Blog

We were picked up at 9am , there were two people, a Spanish couple, already in the transfer van, we picked up two more, a young, quiet, American couple. Then headed to the bay in Pollonia where we were picked up by the ships captain, Kostis, in a small tender. Shoes off was the first order of the day, no shoes worn on the yacht. We were soon at our ride for the day, a 46 ft single mast yacht by the name of Aria Calma. There were already another two couples on board, so them and the mate, Nicky, made 12.

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We woke to a beautiful blue sky, we had breakfast overlooking the water. A very nice way to start the day.
We had a half day tour of Milos organised and were picked up by Andreas our guide at 10am. Straight onto the road and up the hill a bit from our hotel to Filakopi, and the remains of a prehistoric neolithic settlement. The settlement was in existence here for the period 3300 to 1100BC and is one of the most important Bronze Age settlements in the Aegeon.

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It’s a travel day, we have our room until midday but don’t get picked up until 5pm for our ferry to Milos.
So we have planned a quiet morning at our hotel, then pack, check out (leave our bags there) and then around lunch head down to the village area to soak up the last bit of Naxos before we leave.
My heart sank trying to get cash out of an atm. Put my card in then a notice came on the screen saying “Out of order”, and my card was eaten! Continue reading →

A slow start to the day for us. We were picked up by Lambros at about 10am to go inland to Kaloxylos for an authentic Greek family type food cooking class.
We were driven to the centre of Naxos, near the old capital of the island, here we were met by the very friendly Katerina the founder of vioma.gr.
After a drink and some get to know you chat we discovered our menu for the day. We were going to be making Stuffed Zucchini, Cheese Pie and tzatziki. Continue reading →

We had a lazy start to the day. We have a tour booked for 5’ish.

We set out after 10am for a walk around our local village and down to the beach. We walked through the village and along in front of all the beach front restaurants. It’s very easy to see this place would be packed in peak season by the number of restaurants and beach sun chairs.

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We had the “ working day” to ourselves, our tour today starts at 5:30pm.
We set off a little after 9am and walked down to the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Continue reading →

You know your in Athens when the view out the window from your breakfast table is the Parthenon sitting on top of The Acropolis.

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