Our Drive

We rented a car. That was the easy part. Driving it on Naxos roads was the difficult part. The car rental girl gave us a map with different routes to take. We jauntily set out. The Greek drivers are something else. Drive too slow and they drive right up on your tail and beep their horn yet they will park their car in the middle of the road, blocking traffic without a thought.
We also noticed that the left hand side of their cars were always scratched and dented. There is a very good reason for that...their roads are not wide enough for two vehicles in many, many, many, many ... spots. Do they slow down in these narrow areas??? No.
We chose the mountain route to begin with. Naxos contains Mount Zeus - that may tell you the height of the mtns. We stopped at a town called Halki. Once we found a spot to park, it was very interesting.




We enjoyed a wonderfully huge greek salad in the local taverna. And of course, did a bit of shopping. This is the town that has the oldest Citron distillery which we toured. Citron is their famous liqueur made from the leave of a tree similar to the lemon tree.

Arrived back in town to view another spectacular sunset.

We successfully navigated the roads on day one, so ventured out on day two to drive on a larger main road along the coast. The road did let two vehicles pass in most spots but the coastal road rose up into the mountains so high the lack of oxygen was making me dizzy - and I was the driver! We drove to Apollonas, a picturesque little town with a sandy beach and many tavernas lining the water. Of course, we stopped to eat.

On our way home we stopped at a Kouros, a sculpture made of marble of a young boy which is 9 meters long. The marble was apparently defective so they decided not to use this carving and it lays where it was discovered.

No driving tomorrow. Just lounging about at our favourite little beach and enjoying the salt water of the sea.

Ya sas!