On se réveille ce matin avec un vent à faire écorner les bœufs mais une vue magnifique. Marc-André regarde ce que je trouve sur la table de buffet du déjeuner. Un gros pot de miel et de Nutella. C’est fait sur mesure pour toi 🙂
We decide to walk the 2.5 hilly kilometers into town. A good walk there with gorgeous lookout and sections on the beach.
We get into town and immediately locate the famous Church dating back to the 4th century. It is one of the best preserved Christian churches in Greece: Panagia Ekatontapiliani.
After our visit, we decide to explore the city and stumble on splendid alleyways with shops and cafés. Chuck and I are salivating but for different reasons.
We discover that Paros makes several types of honey, specializes in growing olive and loves capers and liquors. After a bit of shopping, I am instructed that Jewelry shopping will have to wait. Time for a gyros and a Mythos beer. We walk back to the beach to enjoy our lunch at one of the patio there. And wouldn’t you know, we encounter our first official extreme speedo sighting! Had to happen at some point in Europe. Why is it always the old guy wearing them??? Of course, there were also the customary dark brown sun-worshipping leather-skin retired couples and the beet red oblivious guy. That one is going to hurt!!!
By then we are hot and the legs are getting tired so we take our time enjoying our lunch before our long walk up the cliff back to the hotel.
Time to quickly change into our bathing suits and make our way to the beach to enjoy the Agean sea and then back to the pool area and the comfy couch calling our names.
I have also been trying to learn a Greek word evey day. So far I am pretty good at thank you. I am now working on “Yasou” for hello and “Yasus” when it is with people you don’t know, there is also “Paragalo” for you’re welcome or please. So there you go, one word, two uses 🙂
We went back to town for dinner. Capb driver recommended a Greek place so we went with it. Saganaki and olive pâté folliowed by chicken in lemon sauce with lamb chop for chuck and FINALLY a baklava. Yum!
Another kitty cat at the restaurant. There are several cats roaming around and although they don’t seem to belong to anyone, they all seem well fed and quite content. We think that is why there are no rodents here! Lots of dogs as pets also. Nice to see !
I must say I am surprised by how many French people and quebecers are here. I now understand why all menus are also in French. I think the Greeks speak as much French as they do english!! Good for them. I love to see how Europeans speak several languages. Mist can speak at least 3. The Romanian girl at the hotel speaks English, French, Greek some Spanish and some Italian. And we worry about learning 2 in Ontario! Really! I told my kids could speak French and English and guess what she said??. Good for them they can speak the 2 main languages!!!
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