Goodbye Greece

Time to move on to the island of rest, Paros.  No people I do not mean Paris! The amount of people that I needed to explain that Paros is another island and we were not going to France before moving on to Mykonos was crazy.

We spent many hours on another ferry where we sadly ate more ferry food before arriving late on Thursday night.  We were both exhausted so got settled into our room and before we knew it, it was sleep time.  I was determined to get my body back into a normal routine so I was up early for a morning run along the beach before a tasty breakfast.  I decided to give an omelette a go and it was a good healthy start to the morning.  We spent most of the windy day wandering around the old town before we headed to a lovely restaurant on the beach for dinner.  We decided it was time to give some fresh fish a try, sea bass and red mullet which was from a catch earlier that morning...or so the waiter told us.  The sea bass was really well cooked and it certainly was a task pulling it apart ourselves, something I clearly need to learn for future!  We also tried avocado shrimp which was served not at all as i expected.  Similar concept to a prawn cocktail mixture but served in an avocado.  It was a refreshing change although the shrimps seemed few and far between but something that I would try making myself in future. 

Another delicious (maybe not as healthy) breakfast, this time ham, tomato and cheese crepes and it was surprisingly so filling I could not eat all of the crepe.  We spent most of the day organising the next month or so of our trip before heading to Noussa for the afternoon/evening.  Noussa is another fishing village and as we wandered along the port we saw numerous boats with octopus our drying, I was so intrigued I was tempted to go find one of these fisherman and ask him to cook one for me!  Instead we headed to another restaurant to try another greek dish, stuffed tomatoes for that me.  There were two served to me with rice and it turns out the ripeness and the flavour of the tomato can really make or break the dish.  One was full of delicious flavour and the other a little bland but still another great Greek dish. Time to head home to organise ourselves to head out to the beautiful Mykonos the following morning.

My body again rejected the idea of getting itself back to being healthy by giving me a head cold but I refused to let it win and up and went for another run before a delicious yoghurt and honey breakfast.  We had a couple of hours to kill before getting on the ferry so we stayed at the same cafe using some much needed wifi where I had a tasty sundried tomato and prosciutto salad for lunch.  Finally off to the much anticipated Mykonos, an island that is known for its sheer beauty, magnificent beaches and amazing views.  Our accommodation did not disappoint and we were so impressed with the view of the beach and the pool from our balcony.  A night of partying was perhaps not the smartest idea when coming down with a cold, but we pushed on anyway and met some amazing people at Paradise beach.

A day of recovery was needed and we spent the day checking out the town, but not after a delicious lunch.  My healthy streak of less than 24hours was out the window until I get over this cold so it was back to a yum tasting chicken burger with chips and freshly squeezed orange juice while overlooking the beach.  It was just what I needed before heading into town to see what was possibly the highlight of my trip...I know this is an off highlight to have but we spotted a man with his pet pelican wandering around town.  Originally I thought it was just a stray that stopped in to say hi, but no no no, this guy had the pelican trained to follow him around and react to commands, he even let some little kids feed him a fish.  I really want a pet pelican now!  Time to try and forget my new plan for a pet, so what better way than to let some fish eat the skin off my feat!  Not what you were expecting I bet, but I have seen this in a lot of places and have always wanted to give it a try so I stuck my feet into this massive fish tank and let the fish clean my feet.  An odd experience, a similar sensation to pins and needles that lasted about 15minutes, but my feet did feel amazing afterwards! Feeling super relaxed it was time to have our last Mykonos meal, i opted for seafood risotto.  It was amazingly silky and possibly the best risotto I have eaten, I have been dreaming about eating that again!

Another ferry day where we spent hours sleeping and eating horrible plane like food that I will not bore you with before heading to Athens.  We made it late at night and had a quick snack before resting up for a big day of sightseeing the following day.  Up bright and early for our buffet breakfast at the hotel and then off to see the acropolis.  It was a steaming hot day, forecast for 37 degrees so we ticked as many things off the list as possible before heat stroke set in! We headed to Acropolis, the temple of Zeus and the Olympic Stadium.  All breathtaking and super glad we made the decision to come to Athens to check it out.  We made it home to spend the afternoon watching the Olympics in the air conditioning of our hotel and decided it would be a bit of fun to order room service....well room service did not have over half of the options on the menu so we declined and headed out to find some Chinese takeaway and eat on our bed.  Mine was meant to be the hottest on the menu but it was the mildest that I have ever had! Either the Greek are not sure what spice is, or the peanut satay that my travel buddy was served was not a satay as it had more kick than mine could dream of!!   We are now organising ourselves to fly to Turkey tomorrow and sadly say goodnight to Greece and goodnight to you xxx