With my ticket (well, it worked!) I boarded and watched the neighboring ships as we pulled out of Pieraes and started to leave a large wake as we sailed past islands at a reasonable speed even as Shirley and Dimitri spoke and we passed rocks and islands in the distance and small boats which must have enjoyed our wake even as we continued along the way repeating scenery and conversation

until we approached Paros and saw the people waiting on shore and the island view as we sailed on

until we arrived at Naxos and caught views of the island

as we disembarked saw the people on the shore and caught our first views of the door-like structure that makes Naxos special in the eyes of the gods. After we disembarked, we walked towards the bus station

where the group gathered for photos first with Constantinus our guide and then with the photo he took. This structure was too important to miss and so we walked across the land bridge looking back at the city and tracing our path until we took numerous photos of the temple and of our group at the temple. A truly remarkable sight.

before we headed back to town where this gentleman was amused by my photography and so I took his picture as we observed the monument and made our way past street scenes and heard the story of the early ruins of the city as we made our way to ancient buildings and churches with multiple belfries not to mention the beautiful flowers and pottery as we looked into the archaeological site and then emerged and moved through narrow passageways led by Constantinus as we observed the roof construction while Margaret and Suzanne paused and Dimitri caught the sight as we passed by octopus hung out to dry for someone's dinner and the fruit and vegetable markets as we went under an arch to another street Passing the folk museum noting the rosaries and a local house as we read the tale of the rosary and then headed on to the Temple of Demeter where we walked through beautiful flowers

and a few trees until the temple came in view along with the neighboring territory. We viewed the temple from all sides noting its history as both a temple and a church at different times in its history.

and then began the trek back down as Dimitri and Clayton and Suzanne traversed the path so that we could resolve the question of lunch first or swim first by ordering our meal

while admiring the scenery and then ordering french fries to complement the experience before we drove on to these gardens and headed to our rooms at the hotel.