Its a little after nine here in Milos, Greece ( a small island northwest of Santorini; in the Western Cyclades) and we had a wonderful day. Both Troy and I agreed this island far surpasses the natural beauty on Santorini ( if you can seriously imagine that; as I know you guys saw my pics). We had mopeds all day today, and went around the smallish island in just a few hours.

Last night went strangely smooth. We walked off the boat and a jolly, drunk Greek man who knew only "MY FRIENDS!" in English scooped us off the ramp off the ferry ( which did not land until 2:30 am--when it was supposed to land at 1am--they are on island-time here) and after a few Greek mutterings we arrived at a great little private hotel room.

It was clean, its very close to town, and just 20 euro a night...

The outside did not look like a normal hotel, but rather apartments, and we were a little confused in the morning when there is no office, no English-speakers, and we have no clue how to pay or request more days to stay. We wandered around looking lost for a while, and we found an old Greek woman who seemed to understand we were staying there??

I'm sure it would be quite entertaining for you all to watch us speaking English to her, and her Greek to us....you become an expert in sign-language-for -a**holes quickly.

After a short walk to town, we rented mopeds and started exploring.

Another Greek on Santorini said Milos was a little bigger than Santorini, which it is, but it doesn't seem like it as there are many roads inaccessible to mopeds/cars etc. The landscape oin the interior is very beautiful and arid; similar to Santorini. The island is a little flatter with no villages perched on the cliffs, like Oia....But there are amazing beauties in this island, as Troy and I discovered.

I'll need to do a bit of research on why, but the cliffs and rocks here are all brilliantly colored red, white, purple and even yellow. These colors mixed with the clearest blue water anywhere on the planet, and wildflowers all over, make an incredible spectacle. We also noticed there are millions and millions of bees, everywhere! Because the island is relatively deserted, when you are quiet you can hear the low hum of the bees when you get just outside of town. I have never heard anything like it..

I forgot the USB cable to my camera, but I'll bring it tomorrow and upload the photos we took today; as the photos speak a thousand words :)

We have to leave here on the afternoon of the 18th, and not the 20th as we planned...The ferries leave only on Thursday and Sunday, and we don't want to cut it too close with our flight. Troy is actually better with this plan, as he wanted a few more days to spend in Athens. We do have a lovely couchsurfing host, Pan, in Athens who will show us the sites and take us in for a few days before we hurtle off to Thailand.

Sorry no pics today, but I promise I will upload them all tomorrow.
Love you all and Happy Monday ;-)
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