The wine is on its merry little way to the USA. Woo who. Saw something with the same embalm as the post office here, but in another color, turned the car around to check it out. Greek version of ups. Woot! Found out they were open till 7pm (post office = 2pm here) so we continued on to askpleion, and checked out the ruins...this place was MASSIVE! 3 levels, and about 3 football fields in length. (again, the ancients, yeah, we've got about zip on them in the building really big stuff category) legend says Hippocrates was born here. There was a temple to Apollo, another to Zeus. There were sections where the clay water pipes were still in place. A fountain, though the majority of the detail has been washed away, is still where it was thousands of years ago, happily doing its thing. You can see Turkey from here, bit odd and rather cool to see another country from the country you're in. (this coming from a California girl, who can drive all day and still be in the same state, which I'm sure others would find strange...all in the eye of the beholder, as they say!)
Went up to Zia to walk around and catch the sunset....not to be confused with Oia on Santorini. Sunset was gorgeous, sets behind Bodrum. Food was great too, had ribs, and sole, and a 1/2 carafe of wine. (split between 2 people, no I'm not THAT much of an eater!)
Got back to our hotel, changed and went out drinking to celebrate (finally!) getting the wine shipped. Kos is like Mykonos in it's open late, the shops/restaurants etc, easily open till 1am. Clubs, 6am or later. Met up with one of the guys (Alex) who works at a restaurant we'd eaten at, then went to the hot springs....Greece and what they do vs. don't regulate.....not really clear on the subject of what does/doesn't qualify and why....the hot springs here, no gate, no lights, and open for whoever can find them. (the ones on Santorini= € go figure) People were there when we arrived, and more came as we were leaving (at about 3am) And these were HOT, I'd suggest walking around the edge until you find an area that's shallow/not burn your bum on the way in...and you certainly know when you've arrived, sulfur smell is pungent. Once your eyes adjust to the dark, and you ease in (not gonna lie, I found a shallow area and sat on the edge) the water, you get used to the heat, it's quite nice, and is apparently very good for you. Great day, and really cool way to spend an evening!
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