Today, because I was only somewhat looking for it...I found Fira, at least the outskirts of the area...still managed to miss the main square, rumored to be the quickest way to/from Oia...in my opinion all roads eventually lead to an end of the island...not like I'm in a particular hurry to get anywhere. Walked about Fira, super crowded due to a few cruise ships being in port. Apparently during high season, they get upwards of 15/day. (thankfully not all at once) frigging nuts! It was crowded enough with the 2 thank ya very little. Tons of churches here, (picture any movie you've seen from Greece: round, white, blue domed top, times every 150 feet or so) a few vary in color scheme, sizes range from something that looks about big enough for a confessional to a congregation of I'd guess about 200(ish) all very picturesque. The roads make more sense on the caldera than they do in Mykonos...but (in my opinion) no where near as fun, as you actually need to be staying on a cliff property to get down any further than about 30 feet below the rim, unless you're on the stairs, donkey, or tram to the port. No getting lost on the caldera...boo. The streets here are mostly marble, so should you decide to visit...have good tread on your shoes, it's slllliiick, and that's dry, can't imagine if it were wet! Looked like there were some cool clubs in Fira...think I got my dancing out (for now) in Mykonos...maybe the next island, or you know, when I actually find what I'm looking for...when I'm looking for it. Walked about Oia for awhile too, funny place Oia, every time think "I'm at the end" I find there's more even further out. Mom was clearly over it, so after getting out to what appeared to be an old fort of some sort, we headed back to the hotel to get our car to the sailboat. Good thing we got there early, because the driver was early too. He drove us around the island, showed us how to get to the red beach, and the winery we wanted to visit (Butari) and then picked up a newlywed couple (Holly & David from England) and headed to the pier. America I am annoyed with you! I blame our stupid stubborn clinging to an archaic measuring system for me missing the flipping hot springs. For heavens sake, science uses Celsius as does the rest of the planet, what the ever living hay is the problem???! Grr! I'm staging a one woman conversion campaign from now on, language barriers are enough of a hurdle, can we at least speak numbers?!?! Moving forward, you will get the temperature in Celsius, measurement in meters, and weight in kilos thank you very much. And yes, I'm buying myself kitchen supplies while I'm here!
Anywho, the sunset was gorgeous, the food and wine spectacular, all in all, another fabulous island day. :)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Santorini wine tasting
There was a thunderstorm on Santorini today...and only thunder (with a little lightening and a grand total of at most 8 raindrops thrown in) was the blackest cloud I've seen in sometime...but somehow, it was still bright enough to need sunglasses, maybe Apollo really was born here, sure seems to be the lightest place I've ever been.
Delayed the sailing trip till tomorrow...instead we walked to the local winery (btw, I checked, there's officially 20 on the island) side note: I also researched the Mykonos pelican death myth...and (thank goodness) it seems to be just that: a nutso story...if you really feel the urge to disgust yourself, you can google it.
The wine was pretty good, the whites much more so than the reds. We shared the patio with 3 other American groups and a cat who became my best friend when I had a ham and cheese plate.
The German Shepard at Abyssanto villa (where we're staying) is great, he loves to chase shadows, cracks me up. His owner has informed me the dog now stays with me more than him...I apparently have a fuzzy road boyfriend, he even sleeps outside our door. The villa is quite cute 7 little apartments total, all with a beautiful view of sunset point at the beach and a great porch...also a great price, €45/night, including breakfast and wifi. Nice. We rented a car (little red bubble as I affectionately called it) yes, I did actually need my international drivers permit thank you very much. We were going to walk around Fira (the capital) and center of the island....but uhhh, somehow I missed it....twice. Yeah, I don't know either, 14kilometers long, and I skipped the center bit (aka capital) multiple times. Got skillz baby.
Anywho, I did manage to find Santo wines, and talk about amazing views!!! For €19.40 we got 12 wines (about a 1/2 glass pour each) cheese, tomato spread and bread. Stayed for the sunset, gorgeous again! And went back toward Fira to check out the nightlife...(please see above, yes I missed it once more) sooo...as we were a few vinos in by this point...and I am better at finding stuff when I'm not looking for it...we found the hotel(go straight, well kinda, turn right before the end of the island- more on this later!) I played shadow chase with the dog for awhile and called it a night.
Today's quote:
"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue."
-- Hagakure
Delayed the sailing trip till tomorrow...instead we walked to the local winery (btw, I checked, there's officially 20 on the island) side note: I also researched the Mykonos pelican death myth...and (thank goodness) it seems to be just that: a nutso story...if you really feel the urge to disgust yourself, you can google it.
The wine was pretty good, the whites much more so than the reds. We shared the patio with 3 other American groups and a cat who became my best friend when I had a ham and cheese plate.
The German Shepard at Abyssanto villa (where we're staying) is great, he loves to chase shadows, cracks me up. His owner has informed me the dog now stays with me more than him...I apparently have a fuzzy road boyfriend, he even sleeps outside our door. The villa is quite cute 7 little apartments total, all with a beautiful view of sunset point at the beach and a great porch...also a great price, €45/night, including breakfast and wifi. Nice. We rented a car (little red bubble as I affectionately called it) yes, I did actually need my international drivers permit thank you very much. We were going to walk around Fira (the capital) and center of the island....but uhhh, somehow I missed it....twice. Yeah, I don't know either, 14kilometers long, and I skipped the center bit (aka capital) multiple times. Got skillz baby.
Anywho, I did manage to find Santo wines, and talk about amazing views!!! For €19.40 we got 12 wines (about a 1/2 glass pour each) cheese, tomato spread and bread. Stayed for the sunset, gorgeous again! And went back toward Fira to check out the nightlife...(please see above, yes I missed it once more) sooo...as we were a few vinos in by this point...and I am better at finding stuff when I'm not looking for it...we found the hotel(go straight, well kinda, turn right before the end of the island- more on this later!) I played shadow chase with the dog for awhile and called it a night.
Today's quote:
"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue."
-- Hagakure
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday
Full moon party was fun. I have no idea how the club came to be...the way they boarded things up, it looked NOTHING like it did when we were sunbathing on the beach. Sadly, getting to the beach wasn't an option for the party (boo.) music was decent, at least it was house music!!
Funny thing when you travel, suddenly you're no longer your name, you're where you live. Instead of nice to meet you, I'm Piper...it's you speak English, where are you from? names come later...if at all, you refer to someone as "Dubai" or "Vancouver" or ya know: San Francisco.
The ferry into Santorini while a quicker journey, nowhere near as social as the blueline. Everyone had an assigned seat (something like a train or a greyhound type thing) there was a small snack area with overpriced food/drinks...(read what you'd find in a road side store in the middle of nowhere) the Blueline has multiple decks, you can sit outside, there are multiple food options, and you get some vendors who come onboard at the second port (from Athens to Mykonos) and sell you snacks/boxed chocolate among other things. We stopped at a total of 3 ports (same as from Athens to Mykonos) however, you couldn't really see the ports as everyone's in the hull of the ship...granted there's also a business class which may have better views/more going on...but apples to apples (ahem economy class both trips) blueline, slower...also, more of a social fun journey.
Santorini has AMAZING views! Most gorgeous sunsets, pictures can't begin to do them justice...the paintings you see where the sun has rays of light shooting out....here, the sun really does that as it's setting. Tonight, it was a gorgeous red as it went through a cloud, it looked like the patch on the back of the (original) karate kids gi. You definitely need a motorized vehicle to get around. Mykonos is small enough you can use the bus system to get where you want to go....here, it would take too long. While the island is larger than Mykonos, the feel is more rural/laid back. There's at least 5 wineries (yeah yeah you "we have Napa valley" snits) it actually is quite a few given the total size of the island is likely about the size of all of Napa. The streets roll up early here....in Mykonos you watch the sunset around 8:15, take a nap until 10 (or grab coffee) then head to the bars/clubs at 12:30am - 6ish. (and the shops are all open too) Sleep till 10am head to the beach: repeat. Here, you eat dinner, maybe grab an after dinner drink....and everything is pretty much closed...you have less protection from the wind, so it's also a bit chillier...and on the face of where the volcano blew...more treacherous, specially after a few oyzo (or insert drink of choice here) seems we get to an island and just as we learn the lay of the land and the weather really starts to heat up, we're off to the next...my tan is no worse for wear, getting darker by the day!
Looking forward to the sunset cruise (where we'll see the red/black and white beaches, as well as go to the volcanic hot springs) some more wine tasting and checking out the town that was buried by the volcano exploding.
Quote of the day:“ We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.” -- Macrina Wiederkehr
Funny thing when you travel, suddenly you're no longer your name, you're where you live. Instead of nice to meet you, I'm Piper...it's you speak English, where are you from? names come later...if at all, you refer to someone as "Dubai" or "Vancouver" or ya know: San Francisco.
The ferry into Santorini while a quicker journey, nowhere near as social as the blueline. Everyone had an assigned seat (something like a train or a greyhound type thing) there was a small snack area with overpriced food/drinks...(read what you'd find in a road side store in the middle of nowhere) the Blueline has multiple decks, you can sit outside, there are multiple food options, and you get some vendors who come onboard at the second port (from Athens to Mykonos) and sell you snacks/boxed chocolate among other things. We stopped at a total of 3 ports (same as from Athens to Mykonos) however, you couldn't really see the ports as everyone's in the hull of the ship...granted there's also a business class which may have better views/more going on...but apples to apples (ahem economy class both trips) blueline, slower...also, more of a social fun journey.
Santorini has AMAZING views! Most gorgeous sunsets, pictures can't begin to do them justice...the paintings you see where the sun has rays of light shooting out....here, the sun really does that as it's setting. Tonight, it was a gorgeous red as it went through a cloud, it looked like the patch on the back of the (original) karate kids gi. You definitely need a motorized vehicle to get around. Mykonos is small enough you can use the bus system to get where you want to go....here, it would take too long. While the island is larger than Mykonos, the feel is more rural/laid back. There's at least 5 wineries (yeah yeah you "we have Napa valley" snits) it actually is quite a few given the total size of the island is likely about the size of all of Napa. The streets roll up early here....in Mykonos you watch the sunset around 8:15, take a nap until 10 (or grab coffee) then head to the bars/clubs at 12:30am - 6ish. (and the shops are all open too) Sleep till 10am head to the beach: repeat. Here, you eat dinner, maybe grab an after dinner drink....and everything is pretty much closed...you have less protection from the wind, so it's also a bit chillier...and on the face of where the volcano blew...more treacherous, specially after a few oyzo (or insert drink of choice here) seems we get to an island and just as we learn the lay of the land and the weather really starts to heat up, we're off to the next...my tan is no worse for wear, getting darker by the day!
Looking forward to the sunset cruise (where we'll see the red/black and white beaches, as well as go to the volcanic hot springs) some more wine tasting and checking out the town that was buried by the volcano exploding.
Quote of the day:“ We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.” -- Macrina Wiederkehr
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday May 17th
I pet Pedro! (the pelican) he's pretty soft. It's rather hilarious, he meanders down the roads and has a little procession in his wake, every now and again, someone gets brave and scurries around him to snap a picture. (many did this after I pet his head) There's a tortoise in the garden of the guest house, seems he's only around during the day, I believe he may be the cleaning persons pet. 4 or so cats hang around here, 1 followed us in the room today. The office has a thing of cat food for them. There's the cutest dwarf rabbit ever in front of one of the shops. Another shop keeper has birds. All the animals (even the local horse) are very friendly, nothing like the feral strays of the US...though when they figure out you don't have food...they loose interest quickly...unless you're petting them, that may keep them entertained for 3 minutes. The cats seem to be communal Mykonos pets, everyone seems to take care of them, and they wander about until someone pays attention, the other animals (other than the pelicans) seem to have owners the way we view an owner in the US...maybe we should take a page from the Greeks philosophy, sure would save a lot of euthanized animals...and per my prior posting, they had drainage right, if we'd payed attention back then, no plague...perhaps we should pay attention now.
I'm apparently getting darker than I see myself today I was mistaken for an Italiano by a 70+ year old Italian man (sweet!) 2 days ago, a Spaniard....not to worry, I've already made mumsicle promise if I begin to look like Magda (something about Mary) I'm to be given an umbrella hat and 150+ SPF immediately. Trying life with a hat and no sunglasses, yes, this is Piper, and it's true, the sunglasses have been in the room all day, I'm not even twitchy. Using a heck of a lot more allergy eyedrops, and coming in from the sun is a free (very odd) yellow light show...hoping this will lead to a bit less of a raccoon face, though I'm not sure why I care as sunglasses are pretty much welded to my head.
Thank you Marion Woodman, ("If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living."-- Marion Woodman) I'm getting into the swing of relaxation, 90+ minute breakfast today, no second cup of coffee or even a postcard required...people watching, that's friggin' priceless!
I now wander semi not lost through the streets, yes I am impressed with myself on this front. I even manage to find stuff sorta kinda on purpose....I can always find my way back to a destination at this point, even though I'm sure I'm taking a convoluted way most times (I see it as a free work out, burn those calories so I can drink 'em later!) and now that I've semi figured myself out...time to see a new island...after the party of course. (happy full moon everyone!) and pretty friggin' cool, I saw the legendary birthplace of the Goddess of the Moon (Artemis) just a few days ago, and tonight (albiet a very modern) gathering to celebrate her presence. History lives, when you look for it.
Today's aspiration: know you so you can be you, and always always remember you are loved.
I'm apparently getting darker than I see myself today I was mistaken for an Italiano by a 70+ year old Italian man (sweet!) 2 days ago, a Spaniard....not to worry, I've already made mumsicle promise if I begin to look like Magda (something about Mary) I'm to be given an umbrella hat and 150+ SPF immediately. Trying life with a hat and no sunglasses, yes, this is Piper, and it's true, the sunglasses have been in the room all day, I'm not even twitchy. Using a heck of a lot more allergy eyedrops, and coming in from the sun is a free (very odd) yellow light show...hoping this will lead to a bit less of a raccoon face, though I'm not sure why I care as sunglasses are pretty much welded to my head.
Thank you Marion Woodman, ("If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living."-- Marion Woodman) I'm getting into the swing of relaxation, 90+ minute breakfast today, no second cup of coffee or even a postcard required...people watching, that's friggin' priceless!
I now wander semi not lost through the streets, yes I am impressed with myself on this front. I even manage to find stuff sorta kinda on purpose....I can always find my way back to a destination at this point, even though I'm sure I'm taking a convoluted way most times (I see it as a free work out, burn those calories so I can drink 'em later!) and now that I've semi figured myself out...time to see a new island...after the party of course. (happy full moon everyone!) and pretty friggin' cool, I saw the legendary birthplace of the Goddess of the Moon (Artemis) just a few days ago, and tonight (albiet a very modern) gathering to celebrate her presence. History lives, when you look for it.
Today's aspiration: know you so you can be you, and always always remember you are loved.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Mykonos Monday
I'm actually settling into this whole "relaxing" thing....admittedly, my foot still twitches while sitting still...but it's a much slower tempo, and I took a full 90+ minutes to eat breakfast, unlike the US, no one minds a table that lingers... It's the norm, you tend to get odd looks when you're in and out quickly, not when you sit....it's taken a bit of getting used to, but, I am getting there!! (not having a particular place I need to be at a given time certainly helps in this endeavor =] ) that, two frappes (yes, they wired me...even made my hands shaky, but they were yumalicious!) and I filled out a few postcards...(hope you get them! The mailbox said something about international to Europe...I took it with a grain of salt, mostly because I have yet to see a post office, figure it'll get to you...eventually) booked another night so now I'm officially here through the full moon party....booking another night consisted of seeing our curator driving up the hill on his scooter, and a hand shake mid street. (adore the level of trust/life on a hand shake way of being!)
Met a jeweler today, his window had "Boca Raton" in the display...I giggled out loud, which led to a conversation about South Beach, the club scene, food..among other topics. Funny guy...though he's Greek by lineage, he's proud of his New York roots, and claims America as his country...see, the all the world doesn't hate us after all!
After a bit of prompting I convinced the madre to try a new restaurant, she's content to be "a regular" at a place she likes...I figure if I'm here I want to experience as much as possible with the time I have...glad I won out, liked the food way more today than yesterday!
Ate dinner for the first time since being in Greece...maybe I'll adjust to the time change after all....maybe. The sunset was clouded over (boo) still a gorgeous red peaking through the cloud cover. Really excited to see the famous Santorini sunsets!
Tickets booked for the ferry to Santorini, still looking into the hotel options...there are so many to choose from!! I feel a bit overwhelmed, if you've been before and have at the least a town recommendation..HELP.
Full moon (party) Tuesday =]
Met a jeweler today, his window had "Boca Raton" in the display...I giggled out loud, which led to a conversation about South Beach, the club scene, food..among other topics. Funny guy...though he's Greek by lineage, he's proud of his New York roots, and claims America as his country...see, the all the world doesn't hate us after all!
After a bit of prompting I convinced the madre to try a new restaurant, she's content to be "a regular" at a place she likes...I figure if I'm here I want to experience as much as possible with the time I have...glad I won out, liked the food way more today than yesterday!
Ate dinner for the first time since being in Greece...maybe I'll adjust to the time change after all....maybe. The sunset was clouded over (boo) still a gorgeous red peaking through the cloud cover. Really excited to see the famous Santorini sunsets!
Tickets booked for the ferry to Santorini, still looking into the hotel options...there are so many to choose from!! I feel a bit overwhelmed, if you've been before and have at the least a town recommendation..HELP.
Full moon (party) Tuesday =]
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sunday funday Mykonos style-
Made it over to paradise beach today...I'm still apparently up way too early by island standards...who knew. There was one bus at 7am- no I wasn't out the door and up for that, though we were out the door by 8:15ish. Saw the next bus to paradise wasn't until 10am (then ran every hour until 6) we decided to get breakfast before we left for a few reasons, 1) to kill time 2) having never been to this part of the island...no idea what would/wouldn't be over there...best call ever! The breakfast place was still opening up when we sat down, (refer back to Mykonos apparently = late risers) by 9:30am, decided to grab a cab as opposed to walking through the (closed) shops waiting for the bus to come. Breakfast in Mykonos = thank frigging goodness we did that, we'd have been starving till about noon in paradise. Paradise consists of a beach about the size of baker beach, and the sand's about as course. There are 3 bars/clubs that are connected to each other, (they have different lounge chairs, so you can tell which one you're currently in!) there's a small take out area that does gyros, chicken fingers a few salads and the like....and that's it. There's a supermarket up the hill (looked like it would take about 30 minutes to get to it...and we're talking a tiny winding road that a bus-full size bus- flies down) a campground, and a mini mart kiosk at the bus station....glad I ate in Mykonos town! Met some really cool people: a few girls from New York who are currently studying in New Castle (outside of London) a woman who lives on the island year round and 2 of her friends, and 3 cousins who are here for the season to make some money and then intend to travel after the seasons over. (see I'm not the only one!!!) found the dive shop: there's a wreck about 30 minutes away that's supposed to be a pretty cool dive....but the water, while it's a gorgeous crystal clear blue....is about as warm as San Francisco, so yes, I'm still debating the dive. I did actually get in the water yesterday, admittedly after several attempts where I got in about mid leg...by 2ish, I'd had enough beers (Mythos) and was hot enough in the sun that I swam for about a minute. (literally, was likely only in the ocean for about a minute) allergies got the better of me (leave it to me to be allergic to something on a beach- honestly, WTF!?!) plans to go out last night were foiled by sleep...in the long run, likely a good thing as I've been averaging about 2.5 hours a night since arriving. Think I'll save another day in paradise until the full moon party...who needs the empty calories from the beers consumed to stave off boredom? (I don't do sunbathing well....) though my tan lines are reaping the benefits, yay and mission accomplished there! (I'm down to SPF 8) spent the whole day (10am - 5pm) in the sun, only slightly red where the suits didn't match up, here's to (finally) having a summer tan...and I'll be getting back to SF just in time to keep it till October=P
Yes, there were a few naked peeps...but as per the norm, it wasn't naked anyone wanted to see on the dude front- oh el de...the topless girls, well at least one guy was snapping pictures...so guess the dudes were happy...of the 100ish people on the beach only 1 naked and 2 topless, rather mundane...but the seasons (according to the locals) just getting started. I believe I was likely the only gal who refrained from the (apparently requisite) "sexy beach pic" perhaps at the full moon party, but don't hold your breath boys. Heard a disturbing rendition of how the first pelican met its demise...I'll research it a bit before I put anyone else through the pain of the images that require a few shots to erase...)
Hope everyone's having fun out there!
Yes, there were a few naked peeps...but as per the norm, it wasn't naked anyone wanted to see on the dude front- oh el de...the topless girls, well at least one guy was snapping pictures...so guess the dudes were happy...of the 100ish people on the beach only 1 naked and 2 topless, rather mundane...but the seasons (according to the locals) just getting started. I believe I was likely the only gal who refrained from the (apparently requisite) "sexy beach pic" perhaps at the full moon party, but don't hold your breath boys. Heard a disturbing rendition of how the first pelican met its demise...I'll research it a bit before I put anyone else through the pain of the images that require a few shots to erase...)
Hope everyone's having fun out there!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Saturday May 14
Went to Delos today...couldn't help but think....if only the English had paid attention...the entire black plague would have been avoided. The island is, according to legend, the birth place of Apollo (God of the light/sun) and his twin sister Artemis (Goddess of the hunt/moon). This 5kilometer by 1.5meter island sustained a population of 30,000+/- people. (there was even a hotel!) They had a filtering cistern system (made of limestone) that purified the rain water, and drainage that sent all the waste (human) out to sea...and this was 7 centuries before Christ was born...7 centuries...yet somehow the dark ages still came to be. Wow-and not in a good way. (yes English ancestors, this means you....) Lots of lizards live on the islands, and a few cats as well....there's actually cats all over Mykonos. They're all very sweet and seem well fed, but don't really appear to "belong" to anyone in particular.
I'm adding a link on info for Delos as frankly the island is so rich in history....I'm sure there are books on it (2,500 BC to 2011...to much for these fingers to type!) the museum on the island is definitely worth the time to look around. The mosaics are gorgeous. They were the floors of the homes/shops: pretty, easy to clean, and (depending on your wealth) could be created from scraps....the ancients had it all over us with our shag rugs...they super win here.
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/greecedelos.htm (info on Delos)
Saw the Mykonos pelicans today! They're friggin HUGE, and apparently eat a lot of krill as they're also pink...seems to care less about people as I nearly touched one (it was sleeping, and I felt surprising a sleeping animal with a beak as big as my forearm was likely bad planning...) the islands are certainly warming up (yay!) and now that I've figured out the heat, and have a "curtain" to get some sleep...beach mission to be continued (and hopefully accomplished) tomorrow! Weird, I've been gone a week now...honestly doesn't seem that long. I'll take that as a great thing, and to mean this trip, is exactly where I need to be.
I was a bit trepidacious getting going, having no job, and just up and leaving for a few months...though exciting..also took a bit of planning, and a leap of faith that this world leads you just where you need to go.
Remember: smile because it happened...and sometimes, smile because it's over, in the end...everything does just that- ends.
I'm adding a link on info for Delos as frankly the island is so rich in history....I'm sure there are books on it (2,500 BC to 2011...to much for these fingers to type!) the museum on the island is definitely worth the time to look around. The mosaics are gorgeous. They were the floors of the homes/shops: pretty, easy to clean, and (depending on your wealth) could be created from scraps....the ancients had it all over us with our shag rugs...they super win here.
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/greecedelos.htm (info on Delos)
Saw the Mykonos pelicans today! They're friggin HUGE, and apparently eat a lot of krill as they're also pink...seems to care less about people as I nearly touched one (it was sleeping, and I felt surprising a sleeping animal with a beak as big as my forearm was likely bad planning...) the islands are certainly warming up (yay!) and now that I've figured out the heat, and have a "curtain" to get some sleep...beach mission to be continued (and hopefully accomplished) tomorrow! Weird, I've been gone a week now...honestly doesn't seem that long. I'll take that as a great thing, and to mean this trip, is exactly where I need to be.
I was a bit trepidacious getting going, having no job, and just up and leaving for a few months...though exciting..also took a bit of planning, and a leap of faith that this world leads you just where you need to go.
Remember: smile because it happened...and sometimes, smile because it's over, in the end...everything does just that- ends.
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