We got up super early (6:30) and caught a one-day cruise tour! We took a bus to the harbor then got on a tiny cruise ship with a bunch of other tour groups.
It took a little over an hour and a half to get to our first island, Hydra. We were met by 13 cats on the dock!! I love how many cats are running around Greece! Its even more crazy that they were all over an island!
We only had an hour or so at each island. So we walked along the coast on a cat hunting tour. In a little over an hour we saw 37 different cats on Hydra! Including super cute kittens. One was all alone and shivering, but Heather took her up to where there was some food. After that she tried to follow Heather! We named her Pippi Longstocking.
The water in Greece is so beautiful. Shades of blues and greens like I have never seen! We went down to a little beach area...or a swimming pier. It was so gorgeous! But it was super windy and there were whitecaps everywhere and lots of sea spray.
We grabbed some delicious panninis on the way back to our boat. Petted all of the harbor cats goodbye and sailed for Poros.
The ride to Poros was super rough. Heather was getting sea sick so we kept moving to different levels on the boat to try and make her feel better. I rubbed her back while she took a nap before we docked.
We got to Poros and it is super small! We only had about an hour so we ate some ice cream. Because Heather decided it would settle her tummy...and it did! We sat on the harbor and enjoyed our treats before walking around a bit. We made it back to the boat just in time to leave!
Lunch was included in the tour price. We had Greek salad, pork, rice and potatos. I didn't like it that much because the sauce they put on it. But for dessert we had really good cake with honey! So it made up for it.
Heather was a bit sick again (it was a ridiculously rough sea today!!) So we laid down and napped between islands.
Our last island was Aegina. It was the biggest of the three and we had an hour and 40 minutes to explore. All I have wanted for the last two weeks was to play on a beach. We have been thwarted numerous times...but today I got my wish!
Just beside the harbor was a small sandy beach area!! I couldn't kick my shoes off and roll my pants up quick enough! It was a little chilly to swim, so we just waded around and played in the shallows. I love beaches! Especially super clear water like on Aegina!!
We wanted to build a sandcastle...but this is Greece!! So we decided it was better to build a sand Parthenon. :) It was awesome.
There was an archaeological site that looked cool, but it was closed. So we walked around it and ended up finding a really pretty secret beach!
We enjoyed the sunset from there before heading back to our boat.
Back on board we were entertained by a folk dance show. They did 7 types of traditional Greek dances, in Greek garb. It was really fun!!
We made it back to Athens about 19:30 and went back to our hotel. We decided to stay in and relax. Ordered room service, watched MTV and just having a wonderful romantic evening.
Safe Travels,
- Kit & Heather
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