General Update

We are in Hotel Grotta in Naxos Town and it's another slam dunk! Our rooms are right next door to each other and they both have porches that are mere feet from the edge of the cliff that goes right to the sea. It's amazing!

I (Sara) had my typical over seas tummy issues today and had to take it easy. That wasn't hard to do with such a great hotel.

Afterward we wandered through "Olde Towne" which is this maze of crazy streets with a cave like feeling. The guide book says it was designed to deter pirates - it must have worked because we got turned around more than once.

The hotel had recommended a restaurant named Labrynth and the MU had unknowingly stumbled across it earlier. We followed the signs and bread crumbs and got back to it and enjoyed the cheapest meal yet! We all had really tasty pasta dishes and shared a liter of white wine. They brought us all a shot of Kitro (lemon flavored liquore). Mini Mama is always easy to laugh but after the wine and the lemon liquore she was especially giggly. We all really enjoyed picking on her because she has had an unexpectedly difficult time adjusting to the terrain of Europe. She keeps tripping over the sidewalk or un-noticed steps. She fell twice in Athens and again getting off the ferry in Naxos. So tonight after dinner we were all holding her hand and warning of every little step. It was quite the sight.

We have actually been quite the mottly crew. John hurt his arm right before we left the US and has had to keep it covered (it seems to be healing nicely though). Chris cut his pinky finger before we left and has had all sorts of issues fighting a nasty infection (we even made a trip to a Greek hospital - boy do we have stories!). Sara has a bum knee and has been having trouble with her ankels and tummy. Mini Mama keeps tripping. As of right now the MU is the only healthy one and even she has been using her reading glasses case as a change holder and as a result has had difficulty keeping both change and her glasses on hand.

We found a nice older lady who is going to wash our clothes tommorrow. We asked if we wash or if she does and she said "Mama will wash!" and pointed to herself and then explained that she will hang to dry. We just drop the clothes off and pick up a few hours later! Hopefully we can all successfully make it to the port to rent a car in the morning. We plan to drive all over the island and do some exploring. We'll try to get lots of pictures on the iPhone and send them your way.

PS - we're trying to upload some of the picutres from Mini Mama's camera to Flickr. You can check www.flickr.com/photos/butterflysunshine to see how successful we were.