Just my style!

We woke up incredibly early to navigate the Athens seaport and catch our ferry to Hydra. We took a "flying dolphin" to the island,a high speed ferry boat. Known for its whitewashed walls, blue doors and blue water juxtaposed against rocky crags Hydra held up and exceeded all expectations. The island does not allow cars or mopeds so you have to get around on foot or by donkey. This was a very welcome and peaceful retreat frm Athens' bustling streets and chaotic drivers.

Jami and I booked our hotel on a hostel website so we were not so sure what to expect but we were very pleased to find a beautiful old mansion that had recently been restored and turned into guest rooms. Our room had its own private terrace with beach chairs and a little table. We spent most of the day sunning ourselves on the terrace,wandering around the island and napping. We then ate appetizers of fresh shrimp and Kalamari as we watched the sunset and sailboats come in. By the time we were done it was freezing cold, my fingers were blue and I could not feel my toes so we ran home to change into warmer clothes and warm up before going back out to find crepes.

I told Jami that we should have goals for our trip and it just so happens that most of these goals revolve around food.The goal for Greece was to eat fresh seafood and find delicious dessert crepes.We had seafood as part of our dinner: check! and in the evening we found a little cafe that made fresh crepes: check,check!! Mine was a delicious combo of bananas, nutella, chocolate sauce, and nuts with chocolate ice cream and Jami had apple, cinnamon and honey with vanilla ice cream. Afterwards we waddled back home and passed out. Eating and site-seeing is tiring!!

Where we spent our last afternoon.

We had a great, leisurely breakfast and finally got to sleep in. The plan for the day is we to sit by the water and read the rest of the afternoon until our ferry departs. When we get back we are going to head to the local market in Athens as I am in search of olives,cheese and Baklava for mom and dad, hopefully I won't eat all that I find before coming home!! Tomorrow morning we catch another early ferry for a seven hour ride to Santorini to meet up with other folks from San Antonio.