Day 5: Paros

We arrived in Parikia (the capital of Paros) about 45 minutes late. We were picked up at the port by the hotel. The dusty road to our hotel made us a bit uneasy. It's much less developed than Santorini (or Mykonos), but still very nice.











We arrived at the hotel and were shown to our room by the nice desk clerk lady, Lila. The Archipelagos Resort is a brand new hotel, only about a year old. It was designed in the typical cubist style architecture which is common in the Greek Islands. The hotel and our room were very beautiful, with views of the Agean Sea and the Paros countryside.



















After checking out our room we put our swimsuits on and took the 10 minute walk to the beach. We heard there was great taverna on the beach so we decided to check it out. Since it was already 3pm, we had a light lunch (we wanted to avoid eating dinner so late like we had almost every night). We had tzatziki (a mix of yogurt, garlic, cucumber and dill) with crusty bread, some French fries which Kathy was still craving, and a couple of beers. I thought the fries (which were freshly cut not frozen) were great, but to Kathy they left something to be desired.









We walked around the beach a bit, and then settled into a couple of lounge chairs. Similar to Santorini, the water was a bit chilly so Kathy didn’t want to go in. it didn’t stop me, though! By the way, most of the people vacationing in the islands were Greek. We ran into a few Americans here and there and a few Europeans (mostly Spaniards, French and Germans), but almost everyone we saw was Greek.













Back at the hotel, we decided to take a nap but overslept and woke up a bit too late to make our dinner reservation in Parikia. I also wasn’t feeling well (I caught Kathy’s cold) so we had dinner at the hotel restaurant. Although the appetizer was delicious, Kathy did not like her 7 herb pasta with cream sauce. The herbs were very overpowering. We got some rest as we had a big day ahead of us.