Today's theme was Naxos.
We took a ferry to the nearby island of Naxos today. Leaving Paros provided a waterside view of the town which we hadn't seen before since we flew into Paros.
Some photos that I took along the short forty-minute journey to Naxos.
I swear the Greeks want their churchgoers to have a difficult path to redemption because their churches always seem to be placed high atop a rugged mountain or on a tiny little island in the water or some other hard to reach location.
Our first sighting of the
Temple of Apollo for which Naxos is famous. It's located right next to the port which makes a wonderful welcoming sign.
Yay, we reached the Temple of Apollo!
This is Naxos the town which is the port of Naxos the island.
Now it was time for us to put the pedal to the metal as we only had about five hours to spend on the island due to the ferry schedule.
Another instance of a hard-to-reach church.
Here's that same church zoomed way in. Tell me, how would one go about getting there?
Just another fantastic view on Naxos. We decided to head for the mountains in the center of the island so we could have fantastic views. We were not disappointed.
I'm not sure what this building is. Possibly storage for some type of grain?
Our destination in the mountains was a small village called Apeiranthos. Being a mountain village there aren't streets as much as steep walkways. And cute or eye-catching vignettes were around every corner, as the next several photos highlight.
We ate lunch and then walked around a bit. Or I should say we walked up and down a bit, which would be more accurate.
Just outside Apeiranthos, across a valley on another hill was this poor little donkey. He looked so lonely.
As we're descending the mountain and driving back-and-forth on lots of switchbacks, I paid attention to the rugged land, filled with boulders, steep cliffs and so forth. I say to Nick, I wonder what they can use this land for. It's not arable. Even cattle can't graze on it. Maybe goats.
Seriously, no sooner were the words out of my mouth when we go around a hairpin turn, and see this.
Goats grazing. Like, thirty of them! We hadn't seen goats before. We didn't see them after. It was as if I'd conjured them.
The moon is so close to being full. Tomorrow it will be, but tonight on the ferry back to Paros it looked mighty pretty. And full.
Our Blue Star ferry after we disembarked back in Paros.
Carol
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