Touring Naxos

Dramamine is our new best friend! Yesterday, with the help of our new pill, we managed to not get sea sick. We started the morning with a breakfast and a salty swim in a secluded peaceful bay. The water is so clear and refreshing. We then sailed from Paros to Naxos, which are rather close islands. It was a much less windy day and much less rocky which probably helped the reduction in sea sickness.
Naxos is a much bigger island than any of the other ones we will be going to. It is very mountainous and arid. We rented some bikes (apparently we haven't done enough biking this trip), which were about 30 times nicer than our Czech Republic bikes, and rode down the coast. We stopped at a beautiful beach for a swim and some time in the sun. We were able to find a Greek meal deal for dinner and enjoyed a quiet evening.

Today the group rented cars and our skipper showed us the island. We saw some extremely old churches (4th century), went to the oldest distillery around, hiked up part of Mount Zeus (the tallest mountain in the island chain) to some caves, and then went to a remote town for a traditional Greek lunch. It was delicious! The roads on the island are very narrow and twist and turn with steep cliff edges, although we weren't sea sick today it is shocking we didn't get motion sickness. I was much more comfortable when I got to drive and was in control.

Our group dynamics have proven to be rather entertaining. Let's just say we are seeing everyone's true colors in these close quarter. Tomorrow we head to a new island... More to come.