Just Chillin’

After our adventures in Antiparos yesterday, we relaxed by the pool and went back into Naousa for dinner. We ate outside at a traditional Greek taverna. We split an oversized Greek salad, some pita and tzatziki, and I also had an oversized portion of moussaka. It was a very filling meal. And I recall from my previous visit to the Greek islands that most restaurants would give you a “free” dessert or after dinner drink. So far on Paros we are 2-for-2. We had some kind of dessert wine the first night, and a baklava-esque cake the second. I was observing other people around us getting the dessert and was concerned that they wouldn’t give one to us. That would have possibly created a scene. 

 We are almost adjusted to the 10 hour time change from Los Angeles, and woke up at a very acceptable 9:15am. We had a hearty breakfast and then drove to Kolymbithres beach, a short 10-15 min drive away. It is perhaps the most popular/famous beach in Paros, but it wasn’t overly crowded. There were some umbrellas and chairs set up, but most were unoccupied. It was no Jersey Shore (and a lot nicer). What made us want to go to the beach were the interesting rock formations that protrude all along the water and look more like some scifi movie set than a beach on Greece. The water was very clear and Caribbean-like, though as we can both attest to, it was a bit chilly still.

 After the beach we drove back to our hotel to regroup and then walked to Moraitis Winery which was conveniently located just 200m from our hotel. (Safety first) We got a wine flight of six-each. There was also an option for a flight of nine, but that seemed excessive. What are we, drunks? We had three whites, a rosé, a red, and a dessert wine. Being anything but wine connoisseurs, Nicole and I were not swirling and sniffing like some of the other folks around us. We were given a little brochure and a pencil to take notes. My notes simply listed the price of the bottle. They were actually quite reasonably priced. You would not find a bottle in Napa for 9 euro. They were good wines as a whole, though they all kind of taste the same to us—profound words about wine from the couple that got married at a winery.

 After walking back to our hotel, we relaxed for the remainder of the afternoon. For dinner, we had gyros at a more casual setting in town, sitting amongst a decidedly more local crowd. It was incidentally also our cheapest meal by far topping out at 11 euro. We did a bit of shopping afterward, and strolled around the streets just one last time before calling it a night. Tomorrow we depart for Sicily by way of Athens, the most unavoidable airport of the trip, where we will have to go out and in through security yet again. Luckily tomorrow we will have a bit more time for our connection.