Halki

I should have known better.  The wine and kytron at dinner last night woke me up around 0330 this morning, and I only dozed lightly thereafter.  I didn’t get out of bed till late.

After breakfast, I walked to town and then looked for the bus to Halki.  Due to misunderstanding of the placard on the bus, I missed the immediate departure and had to wait for another one an hour later.

It took only 30 minutes to get to Halki, the former capital of Naxos.  It was a pleasant and atmospheric place to wander around.  Even though it felt like a two street town, it has beautiful mansions, lovely alleys and Byzantine churches.

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After lunch, I returned to my part of the island.  Around 1600, I went for another swim in the same place as yesterday.  The water felt warmer than yesterday but it was still cool.

After a wash, I had nibbles of wine, chips, tomatoes and stuffed vine leaves on my deck.  I tried to take a walk on Naxos’ very pleasant waterfront.  But it was still very hot so I took refuge in the old city.  Sunset is around 2030 and there’s still light at 2100.

After having had my own nibbles, I felt bloated and didn’t need much for dinner.  Deciding that I couldn’t skip dinner, I had a tuna salad around 2000 and felt less bloated after.  I couldn’t help myself and had a macadamia wafffle cone for EUR1.40!  That’s so cheap compared to New Zealand and it even came with crunchy sugar-coated macadamias.