Greece

We arrived into Greece! Business class is the only way to go. Stayed 3 days in Athens, to visit the Acroplis, the Plaka - Syntagma Square, Amonia Square, all the old haunts. It was very very hot and our hotel was was very very hot too. Little did we know that Greek Easter is one week after our Easter, consequently, the ferries were all full. We took the cattle run to the island of Mytilini on the island of Lesvos. Debbie and I couldn't believe it. It was like a refugee ship with people (including us) sleeping in the hallways of the ship. The only saving grace was that we were on the top deck and if the ship went down, we would have been the first off. Almost all the shops are closed due to Easter and the early season but our hotel on Mytilini was fine, we could find tavernas to eat in and our rental car is CUTE. We stayed in the port city for a day and planned to drive north on the island but ended up driving south -- oh well. We are now in Molyvos (on the north of the island) (the first picture). It is the village of our dreams. We LOVE it here. The people couldn't be friendlier - we have have free food and ouzo at any of the tavernas we have frequented so far. The roads are the smallest we have ever driven on - one lane for two way traffic, so that takes some getting used to, but we are. The 2nd picture is of Chios, the island before Lesvos at 6:00 AM from the ferry. With the sun just rising on the village it looked beautiful and if we hadn't been sleeping in the halls of the ferry, we would have missed it. Molyvos was FULL during the Easter weekend, with all the Greeks travelling, music, singing, eating, lots and lots of fireworks. It was kind of fun seeing all of this. I'll try to keep up a blog, but this one is very very slow so we'll see how it goes.