No circular route required! We still had the car for today, so headed out to find the wineries (found out there are only 2 here, vs 13 on Santorini). If you like wine, and ever visit Kos, I highly recommend finding the wineries, to start, the property is gorgeous, on par with the stunning views/ set ups of California's wineries. Beyond the rolling vineyards, you can glimpse the sea...technically, you can see all the way to Turkey. Second, loved the wine here, (yes some more than others of course) but as they've only been around for 6 years at this point, and currently are so small production they only serve the island...again, worth checking out. We were so confident in shipping...we bought more wine. =P from here we headed to paradise beach (apparently paradise is a popular beach name, every island seems to have one) snoozed on the beach for awhile, and drove to the end of the island (another beach) there were a few churches dotting the way. (white, a few pink with blue tops) was a pretty drive, lots of Billy goats along the road. Stopped at a random brown antiquity sign...this one wasn't a pay site, go figure...had some of the most incredible mosaics we've seen to date. There were Byzantine ruins built next to Greek temples, there was still red paint on some of the walls depicting hunting scenes, so, just like the butterflies, one of the best parts of the day, showed up when on a whim. When traveling...hell, when living, trust the wind, it will blow you just where you need to be. Got back to Kos town, returned the car and ate a bit of dinner.
And now, for the wine I highly suggest you skip...talk about your acquired taste, retsina so called for the resin that was used to line the barrels way back when...I simply refer to it as "the funk nasty" and it gets ya on the back end, sneaky bastard. If you do dare this endeavor, chill chill chill, the funk nasty is easier to cope with chilled. It seems all good, like a normal glass of your average white wine, and just as your forming the words, actually it's really not th...it hits ya, dirty pine needles in the mouth. Ick ick ick. And no it doesn't go away after a few swigs, or even after a few cocktails of another variety. It's like having a margarita, and then, just for giggles, licking the sidewalk, or a pine tree. A few more travel pointers. 1) bring your own sunscreen and a LOT of it, friggin €20/tube here, regardless of the SPF factor. (thank you Derek for the heads up here!) ladies, if your traveling for more than a month, bring supplies...trust me on this, you'll thank me later! Again, I reiterate, tissue paper, always have tissue paper!
Quote:
people ask me why it's so hard to trust people, and i ask them why is it so hard to keep a promise. (unknown author)
To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. - George MacDonald
To whatever degree you listen and follow your intuition, you become a creative channel for the higher power of the universe.- Shakti Gawain
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Set your intention, and trust the universe to take care of the details. -Mike Fotheringham
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