Relaxos in Naxos

A much better sleep was had last night and I woke up fresh as a daisy to start the day. A tasty biscuit, fruit and Greek yoghurt breakfast washed down with lashings of coffee and I was ready to get stuck into a bit of work. I couldn’t get much done as I had to head off to the shop so there was also breakfast for the girls. Lily and Ruby came along for the ride, we got some tasty goodness from the bakery as well and then some petrol for the car before heading home. Tate had her regular Korean lesson and we got our regular morning food delivery from Sophia, today we had some boiled potatoes prepared with olive oil and salt and a dish full of olives straight from tree, also prepared with salt and olive oil. I think that must be a Greek staple. We also got a load more tomatoes and cucumbers, even though I tried to tell her that we still had loads left from yesterday. After Tate had finished her lesson we eventually got around to having lunch, which mostly consisted of food from our hosts, so there are some benefits.
We had to weigh up our options for what we would get up to today, choosing between temple and town or different temple and beach. I will not apollogise for our decision which was to go to the Temple of Apollo and town. We got ready to go and despite plenty of warning we still ended up waiting around for Lily to finish her eye makeup before we could leave. It wasn’t too much of a drive to town and a walk to the temple which to be honest was a little bit of a disappointment. They started work on it in 530 BC and they haven’t finished it yet, Greek tradies are apparently not the most reliable. The location is quite impressive but all that is there are a couple of pylons with a huge marble lintel across the top, we were there for about 5 minutes and that included photo time. Then it was a stroll around Naxos town which was much more impressive, especially the old part. It consists of a labyrinth of narrow alleys that you would not even know were there, they are well hidden off the main streets. We picked up some little touristy things, fridge magnet, postcards, gifts etc and eventually came to a less interesting part of town. Lily had by this point decided that all she wanted was to sit down and have a rest in one of the many bars advertising happy hour to have a rest and a cocktail. We walked past a load of places until we arrived at just about the first one we had seen when we arrived at the town, we had completed a full lap. Some enjoyable beer, cocktails and milkshakes were had before it was time to head back to the car via a supermarket and head for some so we could enjoy a cool off in the pool.
Dinner for tonight was a Greek salad made from all the goodies given by our hosts with the old favourite from our trip last year of toasted sandwiches, it was also very tasty. Some biscuits to round things off while the girls and Jess played cards and I wrote this uninspiring recollection of the days events, we were all pretty knackered, it is hard work living this life in the sunshine it would seem.En savoir plus