Thasos

So, I have been a bit behind the ball with this blog for the past week or so, but that’s because I’ve been having such a great time! Last weekend we went to Thasos with Alex, Maria and their two boys Akis and Kostantinos. It was a great weekend away before we all left the village and went on our way to our next destinations. Ange and my parents went home (mom and dad had an eventful trip back) and I flew to Santorini for the week. The water in Thasos at the golden sands beach (my favourite beach…EVER) was green, clear and pretty much perfect. We arrived at our hotel – called golden sands hotel appropriately- Friday afternoon and Alex and co arrived a few hours later when Alex got off work. That night we went on an interesting drive to another part of the island for dinner and to check out the touristy crap that they have and get some souvenirs. The thing I really, really like about Thasos is that there are no mosquitoes on the island! We were so used to dealing with mosquitoes back in the village that it was a nice change not to have them around :)

Saturday, we spent a lot of time at the beach, with some decent waves and some great sun. We went around the island to do some more shopping and get some food, which was a great way to see the rest of the island. There are some great views along that drive that unfortunately my father and Alex couldn’t see because they had to keep us alive on those winding roads :p We ate way too much lunch that day and decided to take a nap when we got back from the drive. That night for dinner, we had a quiet dinner by the port of Thasos because we had eaten way too much at lunch time. It was a nice night and we walked through the port city and met an Irish shop owner who had lived in Greece for 20+ years…he was a bit of a character.

Sunday morning we went for a swim early as we had to check out and go back to the village and finish packing up. Ange and I were flying out on Monday morning. The waves on Sunday were the BEST of the entire weekend! There were some that were taller than I was, it was fantastic!

The boat ride back to keramoti (the port city) Gus was sitting inside the rocky boat and watching out the window. Since it was a small boat and there were pretty large waves the boat was rocking a lot and all you could hear from him for a few minutes was “there’s Keramoti, and now its gone. There it is again, and now its gone again.” You can tell he really doesn’t like boats much :p