Still Naxos

We were all packed and ready to go when we discovered yesterday that our ferry to Mykonos was cancelled because of the high winds. The regular ferries are still running but the smaller high speed ones are not. So we have had to rejig our plans and will stay longer on Naxos, less time on Chios and we have to take a ferry back to Piraeus to catch the overnight ferry to Chios. Fortunately we’re here in the off season so changing all of our accommodation at the last minute wasn’t too much trouble. And most importantly, we still have a cabin for the overnight ferry!

Yesterday morning Topher walked out to the unfinished temple of Delian Apollo (pictured below and top of following page), which is on a big rock connected by causeway to the port. The boys and I looked for more used books as David had already burned through the one we bought him the day before, and Hugh was almost done Harry Potter.

We watched the local school children practicing their parade for the national holiday (which is on Monday), celebrating Greek independence from the Turks. There were an unbelievable number of kids of all ages for one island,

although this is the biggest in the Cyclades.

After we all sat in a nice cafe having drinks while we tried to figure out our revised plans. We had time to kill between getting our bags from one place and checking into the other, so we hung out reading in the sun for a while and then went to get groceries to cook supper at home for a change. We got the same delicious (but very salty) lamb sausages that David had had the previous night, as well as some local sour cherry syrup that can be watered down as a juice and also delicious on yogurt. We had a quiet evening in our tiny new apartment, which is very nice but not ideal for four people!