Naxos

Travel Finds (and woes)
It's sometimes frustrating and yet amazing what we find when we are in foreign lands. Paying for beach chairs, paying for grocery bags, paying for a salad that they plop down on your table---thinking it's part of the meal (and I mean, come on...who wouldn't assume it is to be eaten---that's how they get you...). I've gotten somewhat saavy to these things in Israel, but even the last time I got slammed with a large unexpected layout of cash. My daughter Shauna made an appt for my hair to get done at this really exclusive place that we'd been to before together---they do Do a spectacular job. Anyways, when she called and said what I wanted they quoted her a price of 175. So, I quickly did the math of each shekel being about 1/4 of a dollar and figured, ah...what the heck, about forty bucks to do my hair and then about a five buck tip. BUT, since it was Shauna calling, they quoted for her the price in dollars---and she was not aware of this fact. I paid by credit card, smiled and we left. Yet, my hair did look amazing, the best it ever has! I figured it was too late to freak out about, and learned a new lesson...always ask, shekels or dollars. Sounds like you are doing well, albeit seeing many of the same types of sites yet in different locales. Have you thought about getting a Eurail pass to maybe visit other areas? I know that summer specials are pretty cheap, or at least they were a while back. Personally I tend to get bored and want to see as much as I can---and I dream for a day that I can finally find the time to backpack through Europe with my shoestring budget. Hope you are having fun, and glad you went for the waffles...I mean, as long as you were there, why not, right? Life's too short not to have waffles in Greece (or grease for that matter). I have also started my blog on this site, still in it's infancy stages as I have not yet made my trip. I am leaving next week and cannot wait to see my daughter. If you want to start seeing it after next Thursday (19th), my blog name is "wanderingjew", figures, right? Have fun, stay safe! ---Davida

You must like sunsets
Another good group of pics. of the sunsets. I really like all the pics. you took and I now have a craving for ice cream!

Greece
Hey Steve, glad your relaxing! I could use a spell of that myself! I understand your frustration with the "paying" for everything, it's like that all over Europe! Possibly because people actuallytravel during the summers! Hopefully you can get ice in your water, coke, et all. That was really frustrating to me, everywhere in Europe and many places in Asia! No ice! I'm waiting to hear about Crete, some people I know really enjoyed it! Safe travels- Jim