Spring Break Day 4: Our "beach" day

Today we headed to another small village to boat out to an island and see a very old church. We allowed ourselves to sleep a bit, but we were up  and to a restaurant in time to get some coffee. At this point we were told that the boats to the island did not run on Sunday, so we figured we’d just have to re-plan our day. The kind waiter told us he would call his friend to see if he could take us, which he did. Later, we decided, after seeing many other boats we decided this was a scam, but for 5 Euro each we were able to go explore the small island and church.

leaving the village on the boat

Then we headed back to the town, walked around, and purchased some items for lunch. I ended up eating a handful of almonds, some soup, a cucumber, and some bread. After this small lunch we decided to soak up the sun since the weather claimed it would be the last  we would see for our trip. After about 10 minutes of soaking it up, Robert and I decided that our bodies also needed to soak up the water, so we dived in. Beer, reading, and sun tanning on the “beach” was how I chose to spend the next hour of my life, followed by another dip in the bay and a shower. We headed into town to explore and find a place to drink a bottle of wine.

the crew in front of the church

We stopped at the restaurant that was rated #1 on trip advisor, planning on splitting an appetizer and some wine. The wine was too expensive for our budget, so we split some sparkling water, a pear and gorgonzola salad, and some squid ink risotto. Afterward we decided we were too full for any real dinner, but that ice cream seemed like an exquisite idea.

Once home I took a quick minute to regroup and partially pack my items (thank god) before “sitting on the dock of the bay” with Arielle drinking wine, and talking about life. It was a great chat and just what I needed. Eventually Robert and Scott joined us with another bottle of wine, which led to a trip to the market for a third bottle of wine. When we decided it was time for a 4^th the market was closed, so we ended up checking the bakery next door to our apartment which happened to have bottles. We bummed a few more cigarettes of some of the judging men and sat in the driving drinking wine and singing Moulin Rouge, because why not. Please keep in mind that none of us ate a real dinner, so the fact that we drank 4 bottles of wine says a lot.