Karkisia Hotel Amorgos

... to the south of Amorgos. We could also
see Santorini, 36 miles away, our destination on Sunday.
After our tedious stony descent, we went to the same taverna as
yesterday. Todays fare: bread, tzatziki, pureed fava beans with
onions, dolmas and flavourfull lentil soup. For dessert, a universal
thumbs down to a green candied round fruit in syrup, a member of the
fig family.
The lane outside the taverna was filled with the smell of thyme ...

... everyone went to bed immediately and slept until
breakfast at 8. It was a slow moving group today that headed out of
the village on a rocky stony donkey trail called a calderinia.
We made our way up to an 8th century monastery and church, founded on
the location where John the Evangelist lived. Apparently he could gaze
over at Patmos and decided it was better, so off he went for a little
apocalyptical journaling.
During the hike we saw several donkeys ...

... campsite. This required us to bus back and try again, the second time with success. After checking out the monastary, we hitch hiked down to the water and rinsed off the sweat. That night we watched the Athens soccer team with the greeks at camping and learned a thing or two about football, and who were supposed to root for.

-aaron

we learnt the best thing to do is pop a gravol when you travel!!! (Aaron's embarrased so i will proudly say i came up with that ;)

... us. We were lucky because the hotel owner’s wife operates a small restaurant in the hotel, and she is a great cook. Our favorite dish of hers was the puree of Fava Beans. We never had it anywhere else nearly as good as how she prepared it- it was like silk, and wonderful.

After four relaxing days (which we needed after our busy two weeks in Santorini) we headed off on the ferry to return to Folegandros (see previous entry on Folegandros)

After tiring night trip from Paros to Amorgos, one day to rest was necessary. Yeepee, the beach is really coooool. Then we had nice walks in the rocky heights of Amorgos, but worthy for the great views!! We also went to visit the town/places where Le Grand Bleu was shot. Most important, we had amazing food!!

... the sparkling lights beckoning us form the village overhanging out boat. We couldn't find a park, so the boys moved aside a motorbike to fit the van in much to the disapproving look of an onlooker- definitely not something l will try at home! We then climbed the village steps passed numerous Church's and bustling tavern's until we came to our own taverna with its blue painted porch and veranda and we settled ourselves onto the wicked chairs as the sons of the owner ...

... adams.. everynight, same thing.. You would leave blue note eventually and head on a wild walk. The maze of streets led you to different bars and clubs. Everywhre u went, just bars.. clubs and drunk masses. Insane.. i dont know what to compare it to because there is nothing like it.. only ayia napa, but thats in cyprus and most dont know what its like. drunk people line everystreet. and bars.. just walk into where ever u want, and drink. 5 shots 5 eura.. that was ...

... the UK in the winter to see her friends/family. In 2004, she didn't return; just phoned to say she couldn't face it any longer. He was desolate. And now looking for a new woman! I felt really sad for him, particularly as he has great artistic talent - He'd been on a tour to the USA promoting Greek Island music. I thought how wonderful it would be to link him up with the guitar-maker from Cuenca (my teacher's brother) in Ecuador..... The rest of my time in Amorgos I toured around the ...

... we took a boat to Antiparos to see the famous cave. Only G and I didn't see the cave, we rented a scooter and explored on our own. We stopped at a little beach and played on water-smoothed marble, the marble this place is famous for (Venus de Milo ring a bell?). We also drove up to the cave, but just to admire the view because the site closed at 2:30. Well, it turns out I'm a much more aggressive first-time scooter driver than G is: he was ...

A beautiful Island with few people and fewer tourists. Stay at Marias, everywhere else is basic. The restaurant on the western edg of the harbour is great with great views. A walk over to the east has a fabulous beach. Would be a paradise were it not for the wasps. It was like a bad re-make of the Wicker Man.