We booked our tickets for Paros but planned on taking the ferry all the way to Piraeus, the port in Athens. As explained before, no one checks your tickets once you’re on board, so booking a ticket for the next closest island and then just staying on is the most economical thing you can do.…

On my last day in Naxos, I found out about a cave where Zeus was supposedly born (or brought into existence, or however that works for gods) and also the mountain in which the cave resides, Mt. Zas, which has the highest summit in the Cyclades islands. It was a half hour bus ride away,…

Naxos. A fertile island in the Cyclades, much larger than Santorini and just as beautiful, supposedly with plenty of zerzelo. Also filled with plenty of terrifying experiences for me and Teresa.  We had no clue what to do on Naxos because someone had recommended it to us over another island and we had come with…

The ferry landed in port around one in the morning, we had booked a private double room for only eight euro a piece, and it came with a free ride from the port to the hostel. John, an elderly Greek man who has lived his whole life on the island as a home repairman and…

So much has happened in the past three days, it’s almost unbelievable. But also incredible. First thing is first though… I saw another wedding on our way out of Murcia. How many weddings is that now? We hit up a local supermarket to stalk up on food to last the day and night at the…