Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Yummy Mountain Air (Greek Adventures Vacation Journal, Day 11)
Ok.
1. I am drinking the most delicious thing at La Prima Tazza: the iced mango matcha latte. omg.
2. The bachelorette is still in Crete, yay!! But they are continuing to only hang out in the corner next to Agios Nikolaus. I mean, the entire island, every corner is amazing. They coulda moved around a little. Oh well.
3. I have 1.5 days of summer left. I was supposed to be done blogging our trip by now. Let's get going with today's entry. Not a whole lot to tell today. It was mostly a travel day.
1. I am drinking the most delicious thing at La Prima Tazza: the iced mango matcha latte. omg.
2. The bachelorette is still in Crete, yay!! But they are continuing to only hang out in the corner next to Agios Nikolaus. I mean, the entire island, every corner is amazing. They coulda moved around a little. Oh well.
3. I have 1.5 days of summer left. I was supposed to be done blogging our trip by now. Let's get going with today's entry. Not a whole lot to tell today. It was mostly a travel day.
We had a lazy morning on Milos. Ate breakfast at the hotel (which was above average with our provided breakfast places), walked around, ate a leisurely lunch, then drove 5 minutes to the airport. No unusual happenings to report. One of my favorite things to do is just wander around with the handsome husband, so it was a pleasant and enjoyable morning.
Wanderings on Milos:
photo credit: Chris
Photo credit: Chris
Photo credit: Chris
Lazy lunch on Milos before heading to the airport.
tomato balls!
Brent's waffle
Photo credit: Chris
tiny plane to Athens. Bye Milos. You are such a beautiful island.
Photo credit: Chris
Athens airport
Landed in airport and easily arranged for our rental car. This is my 2nd of 3 encounters with the Athens airport, and all of them quite pleasant. Then we drove a couple hours to Delphi. It was interesting to see the change from islands of Greece to mainland of Greece. For one, the highway out of Athens is long, smooth, immaculately taken care of, and toll stops EVERYWHERE. We probably spent 40 euros on the toll alone. Well, at least we know the money is going to good use! That highway is perfect. As we headed to Delphi, which is up in the mountains, the terrain and temperature quickly changed. We followed a mountain most of the way to Delphi with a cloud that traveled along with it and wouldn't let us see the peak. It entertained and aggravated us for most of the way. The air was very crisp and refreshing. We made a habit of keeping the windows open in our hotel room to let in the yummy greek air, and I definitely got cold in Delphi!!
hotel password (first priority: wifi passwords!!) and breakfast from 7:30 - 9:30, but we are going to be on ancient Delphi's doorstep tomorrow at 7am! No hotel breakfast for us! That's ok. This place smelled so heavily of air freshener, WHICH THEY DON'T NEED IF THEY WOULD JUST OPEN A WINDOW (yummy mountain air), I expect the food might taste of it!
view from hotel balcony
the other room balconies
view from hotel balcony
love these french doors
on the street
Photo credit: Chris
on the street
photo credit: Chris
stairs in the hotel
photo credit: Chris
Then we headed to dinner. It was a cute little taverna (what the greeks call restaurants), where we were basically the only customers at the time. I had my first Souvlaki, which is basically a kabob. It was ok. Chris and Brent drank beer called Delphi, which I can only assume was brewed there. It came in a fancy bottle.
Souvlaki
Photo credit: Chris
Tabepna = Taverna = Restaurant
Photo credit: Chris
Then back to the hotel to go to bed and curl up under the fuzzy blanket I found in the closet.
Friday, July 26, 2019
"Come, Please!" to "Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before" (Greek Adventures Vacation Journal, Day 10)
Today we leave beloved Sifnos. Definitely a place I would like to revisit someday. Or live there. Forever. We got up early so we would have time to drive up to a church overlooking Kamares. This was BEAUTIFUL with the early morning fog blowing in from the sea.
Back to the hotel to grab our stuff. I took quick pictures of things that I thought were cute. I loved the bath products they had in the bathroom.
After the catacombs, we walked to an ancient theatre nearby. It was set up for a currently running theatre festival.
The Ancient Theater on Milos: On a rocky slope, near the famous catacombs stands the ancient theater of Milos that Romans built during the Hellenistic period. It exists to this day though most of it is is actually ruined and is not in the initial shape as it was hundreds of years ago. The ancient theater of Milos used to organize theater festivals. Nowadays, the inhabitants continue to organize many cultural events. The theatre is located close to the village of Tripiti, 5 kilometers from Adamas and 2 kilometers from Plaka. It is above the harbor of Klima.
After those adventures, we headed to lunch at a restaurant called Medusa. I had THE MOST DELICIOUS salad here. Afterwards we walked around and captured some of my best greek island pictures. So beautiful here!
Then we headed to Sarakiniko Beach, where I COULD NOT STOP HUMMING THE SONG FROM STAR TREK. Coincidently, it looked like we were on the moon. With a beach next to it. My sun rash was still bothering me, so I laid my beach towel down in the shady entrance of a cave, while Chris went snorkeling. I ended up leaving the cave, when I realized that the traffic of people that kept walking past me were going into the back of the cave to pee. ew. This was a crowded and popular beach.
Overlooking Kamares. Our hotel is down there!
Back to the hotel to grab our stuff. I took quick pictures of things that I thought were cute. I loved the bath products they had in the bathroom.
We hopped on the ferry (glad I had my seabands. A little high speed boat) to Milos. I had a stupid American moment on the ferry when I used the WC (water closet). I walked up to the line of WC doors and a man opened the door and looked at me. I went Oh, Ok, Eferhisto, and walked right on in. When I came out, there was a line of men waiting and I realized I had rudely cut in line in front of that man. And it was the Men's restroom too!
#languagebarrierproblems #or #heatherisjuststupid
Made it to Milos!
photo credit: Chris
photo credit: Chris
hotel room #. I'm forgetful!
After settling in to our hotel rooms we headed to our next adventure at some catacombs. A stern man led us through a guided tour, and he said "Come, Please!" after every stop. Chris and I said "Come, Please!" the whole rest of the trip.
The Catacombs of Milos, in Milos Island, dating from the 1st - 5th century, are among the three most important of the 74 discovered worldwide, together with the catacombs of Rome and the Holy Land. It is possible that the Catacombs of Milos are older than the ones of Rome.
Perhaps only a small part of a sizable necropolis at the foothills of the village of Trypiti, the Catacombs of Milos were used by the early christians first as a burial site and later also as a place of worship and a refuge after persecution by the Romans became widespread. The Catacombs of Milos are considered to be the most important early Christian monument of worship in all of Greece.
Perhaps only a small part of a sizable necropolis at the foothills of the village of Trypiti, the Catacombs of Milos were used by the early christians first as a burial site and later also as a place of worship and a refuge after persecution by the Romans became widespread. The Catacombs of Milos are considered to be the most important early Christian monument of worship in all of Greece.
(From: http://www.catacombs.gr)
After the catacombs, we walked to an ancient theatre nearby. It was set up for a currently running theatre festival.
The Ancient Theater on Milos: On a rocky slope, near the famous catacombs stands the ancient theater of Milos that Romans built during the Hellenistic period. It exists to this day though most of it is is actually ruined and is not in the initial shape as it was hundreds of years ago. The ancient theater of Milos used to organize theater festivals. Nowadays, the inhabitants continue to organize many cultural events. The theatre is located close to the village of Tripiti, 5 kilometers from Adamas and 2 kilometers from Plaka. It is above the harbor of Klima.
photo credit: Chris
photo credit: Brent
Medusa salad. LOVED THIS. Basically a greek salad, but unique and had yummy vinegarette salad dressing.
photo credit: Brent
photo credit: Chris
Cheese PIES!
dessert
photo credit: Chris
photo credit: Chris
photo credit: Chris
Pupper!
Then we headed to Sarakiniko Beach, where I COULD NOT STOP HUMMING THE SONG FROM STAR TREK. Coincidently, it looked like we were on the moon. With a beach next to it. My sun rash was still bothering me, so I laid my beach towel down in the shady entrance of a cave, while Chris went snorkeling. I ended up leaving the cave, when I realized that the traffic of people that kept walking past me were going into the back of the cave to pee. ew. This was a crowded and popular beach.
This plant tried to bite Chris, so I took a picture of it in case I needed to show someone at a hospital later.
photo credit: Chris
The pee cave
photo credit: Chris
Snorkeling photo from his underwater go-pro!
photo credit: Chris
After sunbathing on the moon, we headed back to our hotel in Adamas and walked to dinner at O Hamos. I finally found it. My favorite restaurant in all of Greece. It appeared that I was searching for that, because every place we sat down, I would exclaim, THIS IS MY FAVORITE. But for realz. O Hamos. was. my. favorite. My entree was Black eyed Pea Soup, which was very very similar to my other favorite Chickpea Soup.
photo credit: Chris
Cheese & Figs. yummers.
biodynamic wine - I had the giggles all the way home, likely because of this delicious wine.
photo credit: Chris
Black Eyed Pea Soup
photo credit: Chris
photo credit: Chris
Walking home with biodynamic wine giggles.
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." - James T. Kirk
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