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6:00pm - at the hotel for a breather after a fun day. We were in no rush in the morning so we took our time getting ready and having breakfast, today they made waffles topped with fruit. Around 10 we set out for the little village of Eggares to the “Naxos olive oil museum,” which was a shop with two rooms of old equipment. A lady explained everything, which was pretty interesting, and I bought a little bottle of local oil and an olive wood olive picker.
We then set out for a drive along the northern coast to the tiny beach town Appollonas at the top of the island. It was a beautiful winding drive up the coast and at the end almost felt like the end of the world. We parked in town and had a quick drink stop at a beachside cafe. Because we’d had breakfast a little later, we weren’t hungry yet so we set out for the island’s second ancient Kouros statue outside Appollonas, and then went to our last stop of the day Koronos.
Koronos is a mountainous village perched between two hills. We parked at the top and walked down, and down, and down, and down a lot of stairs. We stumbled upon a little restuarant under some vines where people were eating and it looked like a great stop. And oh it was. No menu (your options were chicken, pork, lamb, or goat with a side or a couple veggie options) and a couple of appetizers. We had a Greek salad and the pork in lemon sauce with spaghetti. Fantastic. They also gave us free tap water and dessert that was a little like tiramisu. 16 euros. We then ascended the many steps, which thankfully didn’t seem as bad going up!
The drive back to Naxos Town was about 45 minutes. Even though Naxos is big there are only a few roads so it is pretty hard to get lost. We drove by a lot of marble quarries and sharp hills. We returned the car with no issues and then came back for a rest.
9:45pm: back at the hotel after dinner at Capone’s, an American-style steakhouse where we split a ribeye made from local Naxos meat and fried potatoes. For once we didn’t terribly over-order! Then we walked over to the shop to pick up my finished custo sandals, they are awesome! Then we went to good old Waffle House for a much smaller ice cream - this time I had “four chocolates” a milk chocolate ice cream filled with white, blonde, and dark chocolate goodies. So yummy. We then wandered back through the old streets and back to the hotel. Along the way we found a little candy shop making beautiful hard candies by hand in a Tom of flavors! Matt has been looking for a piece of art or a print of the ruins at the end of the water here, but no such luck. It’s strange and unfortunate the souvenir-shopping is so lackluster here.
Tomorrow we have most of another day here before a late afternoon boat to our final island, Milos!
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