Sunday 5th June 2011 contd We popped across the road to the restaurant Perfecto as it had free wifi. We had some sandwiches and drinks while catching up with the outside world. Then back to the room and that was us finished for the day. Monday 6th June 2011 The room is pretty sound proofed but there was some noises during the night from the surrounding rooms. Both of us managed to get back to sleep each time. We appear to be next to the car hire car wash and also the smell of cooking meat from the gyros cafe nearby adds to the ambience of the place. The maid tried to get in the room at 9 o'clock, but neither of us had stirred by that time so she was shooed away. We did amble ... read more

Friday 3rd June 2011 contd About 6 pm we took a walk out and went to look at the town. There are a variety of shops and a number with some class and very nice chic things to buy. The place is elegant, but not up itself and has a degree of sophistication. There is any amount of the usual souvenir stuff to buy, if you want it but plenty of other stuff. We made our way up the central street and found the Venetian castro (another one) which is central to the town for a change and is of a different style in that it was built in a square with houses effectively as the walls and people were on the inside in times of pirate attacks and danger. Apparently is was no good to ... read more

Thursday 2nd June 2011 We had a reasonably early start to the day as we wanted to catch a bus to Naousa. We walked to the bus station in the town and caught the 1030 bus. The tickets were €1.60 each single. The journey took about twenty minutes and gave us a chance to see a little of the island as we were driving along. We were dropped off near the harbour and wandered down to the Venetian Kastro, which Pat said was looking like it was pretending to be a castle and not a real one. Then we stopped at the Insomnia cafe and had a Tuna sandwich, Yoghurt and nuts Crepe and two coffees for the cost of €21.50. You certainly get to pay for the view here. The town was very pretty with ... read more

Tuesday 31st May 2011 Pat popped out first thing and got some bread for our breakfast, which we sat and enjoyed in the sunshine on the balcony. We had some errands to run before we could get round to enjoying ourselves today. We sorted out our more difficult washing and took this along to the Top laundry on the way in to town and then to the Biddalas supermarket for supplies. We had come prepared with empty back packs so carrying stuff back was no problem. We sorted out the shopping and then went out to wander the town and see what was about. A slow amble following the path along the waters edge watching the small fish darting about was very pleasant. At the port area was a cargo vessel called the Calypso loading stuff ... read more

Sunday 29th May 2011 We had a slow start to the day and went off to a nearby restaurant called To Ellieniko for some breakfast, it has live Greek music every night after 7 o'clock so at that point we would steer clear of it. The breakfast was €5.50 each and I have to say I have had far better for the price and the attitude of the guy running the place wasn't entirely pleasant. The coffee was advertised as continual refill, but once he had taken away the milk and sugar from our table, I guess he thought we had had enough at two cups each! The only highlight was the home made orange marmalade. Well it's another place added to the list of never visiting again. We pottered around Naxos town (the Chora) looking ... read more