I know. I'm late.
It's been a little crazy the past few days and things have gone overlooked. Things such as showering, changing clothes and yes, blogging.
Below is a very brief account of our last day in Paros (warning: this is severely cheating but I am extremely tired...)
- Awoke at Hotel Anna to another lovely breakfast on the balcony. Breakfast included groceries from the day before. Ha!
- Spent time getting lost (and loving every second of it!) on Market Street of downtown Parikia, the capitol of Paros where we are staying. Stood and marveled at old church built with round stones. How'd they do that?!
- Lunch of 2 euro gyros. Cheap and delicious!
- Got back on the moped and, though we had earlier received correspondence from Far-Far shaming us into wearing our helmets, went sans-helmet to view the Paros beaches one last time
- Returned moped. Lugged baggage to port. Ate our first terrible meal waiting for our 1.30 am ferry to arrive.
- Boarded ferry after waiting amongst sweaty fellow travelers (why do Europeans insist on foregoing deodorant?!) for 1 1/2 hours
- Settled into ferry seats, hoping to catch some "sleep" on our 4 hour ride to Athens
The following is a list of things that may have happened. Who knows...
Arousing suspicion from distrustful moped owner who was sure we stole 15 euros or a free day of scooter scooting
Texting friends at home whilst drinking a cold beer. Text may have read: "It's 5 o'clock somewhere...cheers girlfriends!" (10 am state-side) Return text may have read: "War-torn cities?! Yea right!"
- Attempting to carry fully-loaded luggage on a small moped, perhaps with the possibility of rolling one behind us?
Sitting behind woman who thought it necessary to pack both a bird and a cat while ferry-ing. Brilliant.
Losing one very important bracelet while in line amongst sitting, standing, leaning, whining tourists only to board the ship, drop off luggage, jump back off ship, ignoring security guards shouting at the transgression, searching on hands and knees for said bracelet, FINDING IT, and re-boarding ship as the car platform is cranked up and ship departs. Whew.
What a day. Bullet Point Update completed.
