After a late night out in Mykonos, we let ourselves sleep in today, especially since our cruise ship didn’t actually leave until 6:30 am and wasn’t expected to get to Milos until 1. We woke up, realized our legs were sore from dancing so much last night, I pretty much lost my voice (I’m currently rocking a very raspy, hoarse, yet sexy voice), and we were still very tired. But it was worth it because last night was a blast. We thought breakfast ended at 10:30 so went down around 10 after and were shocked to see it had indeed ended at 10. Ugh. We’d have to wait until noon for lunch unless we wanted to purchase food. We used this time to shower and pack our bags for the day and just lay down a little more.
J and I decided to do an excursion today because when we had originally sat down with the guide two days ago we showed him our list of places to tackle when in Milos and he said that they were planning an excursion that day with all that stuff and it would be really hard for us to do it all on our own. And after doing everything today, he was very right. I don’t know how we would have done that on our own without cabbing it everywhere.
Our first stop was Sarakiniko, which is a geological wonder. It’s a beach surrounded by hardened white volcanic ash. It’s all like white mountains with really cool patterns of how the lava hardened. The water and the sky were so blue and it was just so so gorgeous. We walked up and down the rocks in many directions and then down to the water. People were jumping off the cliffs into the clear aqua water and playing in caves. It was really hot up there, but was awesome. At one point, J had to pee so bad that we found ourselves a little nook in the rocks where she popped a squat and I shielded her. And this is why we are friends!
From there, we got back in the coach bus and continued on to the cave of Papafragkas, a cluster of deep sea inlets and sea caves. Again, it was gorgeous and picturesque. Straight out of a National Geographic page. Next to it was Filakopi, which is a settlement from like 4000 BC and was just more ruins.
After all this heat and walking around inclines, we made a stop at a local bakery. J and I got a legit spanokopita, an apple pie, and the Greek version of a pastilito. It was all delicious! After about a half hour at the bakery, it was back on the road to the ruins (yup, more) of ancient city Klima. This is the site where Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820. She’s now in the Louvre, but it’s so neat to think she was found here and even more interesting that no one is really sure how she got there. Also in Klima was another really cool amphitheater built in the mountains; somewhat of a smaller scale to the one we saw at the Acropolis.
Our last stop of this excursion was Plaka with its cobblestone streets, narrow alleys, and really pretty doors and flowers. This is obviously something very common in Greece, but doesn’t get old to see. By this time, we were hot and tired and just wanted to get to the beach. The tour ended back at the dock and J and I booked it over to a public beach. We changed right there on the sand (I full on took my sports bra off to put on my top, hey I’m in Europe now. Boobies.) and ran into the water and immediately felt so much better. The sea water and the breeze can make anyone feel better. We waded in the water a while before making our way to these giant bean bag beach chairs. We weren’t sure if we had to pay for them but figured we’d sit there until we got asked. And no one asked us. Huge score. Comfy chairs, the sound of the sea, a cool breeze, and mountains in the background were just what we needed. We stayed until the sun began to set and it was just the perfect way to end the day before getting back on the boat for dinner and calling it a night early. Milos was awesome and I'm glad we got to see a place that not too many people have been to. We arrive in Santorini tomorrow and have one night and two full days for more adventure and exploration.
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