Grotta Naxos

... are still many columns as well as some interesting mosaics. Even with what remains, there is enough to get a good idea of what the island would have been like in its heyday. The best know sculptures on the island are a row of lions.

We anchored within the Bay of Delos and returned in the afternoon for lunch aboard. After we finished exploring the island, we boarded the yacht and returned to Mykonos for the evening. We went to shore and found a ...

It’s a little cool outside for a party island that is famous for its nude beaches and all-night dance clubs. This is the first time that I wished we were visiting Greece during the tourist season since the town almost feels empty and the beaches deserted.

This is ...

... meter's weren't running by the minute.

As is custom for us, we found a local bottleshop and purchased a local bottle of wine, with grapes grown in Greece.

We returned to the marina area and then made our way to the area of the island called "Little Venice". Here the most western part of the town meets the sea. Buildings are constructed right at the sea's edge with their balconies overhanging the ...

... but near the end we were pushing and shoving past people just like the locals. The Hotel was a ways away from the Port we had been told and when we looked on a map it indeed looked like that so we asked a Taxi driver how much and it was only 8 Euros so we caught a taxi to our Hotel which turned out be quite nice with a beautiful pool area. We settled into our room quickly and than dashed out to get something to eat. The guy at ...

... t mind making a complete fool of myself in order to hear her laugh. Our last morning was spent down at the beach of Agios Georgios. It's a popular beach situated at the southern edge of town. It's a very popular beach but I didn't like the endless rows of sun beds and umbrellas. There is hardly a free spot of sand where you can throw your towel down. With a sports club at one end it's a beach that's fashionable with the windsurfing and water sport crowd. We had a spot of lunch in ...

... of your own dat every once in a while
Bosh: Just like the ol' Dooling

Canada Day in Ios
-Scotty in his realm with all the techno, Bryan Adams, and Bon Jovi
-Summer of '69 declared International National anthem of Canada
-"Cana-duh, **** yeah!" painted on Bosh's back (this paint would ruin the next two days of his life and his one white shirt due to his refusal to shower before leaving Far Out
-Bosh and Smitty slay all the drinks

So we are back in Naxos...and it's fantastic.... We know everything...and it's like we are kinda home... Being sick of Greek at this point last night Ca and I ventured out for Mexican and found that the place ships it's Buffalo from Calgary....weird...I've never seen a Buffalo but ...

... of last year's best picture winner, Crash (or as I like to call it, Magnolia 2: now with racism!), I really have lost faith in this awards show. Crash stunk, Million Dollar Baby was just a depressing movie that ended with Clint Eastwood eating pie, Return of the King was terrible (sitll don't know how it won), but then there was Chicago, which I thought was quite good (and I'm not a musical fan). So hopefully they will surprise everyone and pick a good movie, but hey, we will see.

... into Naxos town and tucking into some more succulent Greek fare, and a breather from the staple Gyros. I ordered a Greek specialty 'Spetsofae', which took me back to an old dish my stepdad Von used to concoct, the highly suspect yet very tasty 'Sausage Suprise'. I'm not convinced that this similarity was a good thing, considering i was forking out good Euro for traditional greek tucker, not something Von used to throw together.Found a great ...

How on Earth did I get to be so lucky?

My family and I went on a cruise of the Greek Islands. We ate a lot, got sea sick once, soaked up the sun, and absorbed the classically beautiful white and blue colours on the islands. There weren't very much ship activities that my sister and I were interested in but Allyson and I did win a bingo game! Mykonos was by far our favorite island because of its beauty.