Relaxing on Poros

Hello Everyone,

I have spent the last two and a half days in relaxation mode. When we finally got off our bus, we had to take a 10 minute boat ride to the island of Poros, a small, touristy island that our hotel is on. We arrived at our hotel and it was very chic. It is right on the water and has its own beach as well as a pool with a bar behind the hotel. The hotel itself is about two miles from downtown Poros, but that is fine as there is not a lot to do in the downtown.

After checking in and relaxing a bit, we had dinner at our hotel. They served us Greek salad as our appetizer. I was surprised to find out that Greek salad has no lettuce in it. Then, we had chicken gyros which were pretty good and a dish of vanilla gelato for dessert. After dinner, we went to the back of the hotel and hung out by the pool.

Yesterday, I slept in late and gave my laundry to the front desk to be cleaned. Then, I decided to walk into town to see it and look around. It was a beautiful walk - I am happy our hotel is far away from the town. It is much quieter. The town was very touristy, but I bought a postcard to send home as well as a pin for my pin collection before heading back to the hotel. After I got back, I took advantage of the free wifi and planned out half of my Italian trip next week. Then, we had dinner (Greek hamburger) and a toga party out by the pool. It was a lot of fun and a few of us jumped into the pool with our togas on. It was amazing!

This afternoon, we took a boat around the island of Poros and stopped at a beach. The island is beautiful and I really enjoyed the boat ride. After the boat, I went back to the hotel, had lunch, sat by the pool with a few people and planned the rest of my Italian trip.

Tomorrow we leave for Athens!

Thanks for reading.

Mike