June 26, 2010 - A lazy day at the beach and pool! Tom and I were up early enjoying the morning while the boys slept in. We walked down town in search of a cup of coffee, which is hard to find! No one has it "to go" (remember things are slower here - you don't take your coffee to go, you sit down and enjoy it!) so we sat down on a comfy couch at a town cafe. I ordered a bowl of yogurt and fruit. The waiter brought out the biggest bowl filled with yogurt and fresh fruit - it was wonderful! I hear that Greek yogurt is much better for you than the yogurt we are used to. I now know why the Greeks order it with fruit or honey mixed with it - something has to make it taste better! We found a bakery, bought the boys a breakfast sandwich and headed back to the hotel. We were expecting them to be waiting for us, wondering where we were and they were still in bed!
Nicholas and Tom got their suits on and Tommy and Julie went for a walk back to the bakery to get some fresh sandwiches for lunch. It was our day of relaxing at the beach and pool and we wanted a quick lunch to have in our hotel.
We headed to the beach for an afternoon of swimming. Tommy and Nicholas spent most of their time in the water following fish. The water was clear enough for them to see the fish and they followed them all around our little cove!
After a quick lunch, we headed back tot he pool and beach. The hotel pool was one of the most beautiful pools! It's the first time all of us have been in a saltwater pool. We hung out on some awesome hammocks, tried to ignore the topless old lady sunbathing next to us and enjoyed the sun.
Tom and Julie took a quick shower and headed out to find a winery and museum. We remembered seeing a sign on our walk to town so we set out in search of this winery. We walked and walked and walked, probably 2 miles, and, suddenly, we had the sense that we were heading right back to our hotel. We made it to our winery, which was closed, and we quickly realized that we made a huge circle and ended up very close to our hotel room. We were probably only about 1/4 mile from the winery and we walked about 2 miles to get there!!
We headed into town with our minds set on a brick oven pizza place that we had seen the night before. We were early dinner eaters by Greek standards so we were at restaurants by ourselves most of the time! As we sat down, the waiter warned Julie that there was a dog behind her, he didn't want her to be afraid. We looked down and there was the cutest Golden Retriever puppy named, Sieva. All of us fell in love with the puppy and enjoyed our pizza with the puppy at our feet!
We wandered around town for a couple of hours scoping out a comfy spot to watch the U.S. World Cup game. The town has some wonderful shopping and a maze of sidewalks. We all had our favorite dessert - a Triple Status bar. This is vanilla ice cream with 3 layers of chocolate on the outside - delicious!!!
We settled in to watch the game - what a bummer that the U.S. lost. There were a few other Americans that joined us to watch the game. We walked home at midnight and the town was hopping!! Where did all of these people come from? We all crashed - big day tomorrow - ferry ride to Santorini. We loved our stay in Paros!
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