Milos Beachs

Finally got setup with internet in Cairo. So let me continue where I left off before I go on to Egypt. Milos was PERFECT. People throw that word around too much, but it really was everything we wanted. We got to see island life. There weren't too many tourists at all (and when there were they were European tourists). And there was enough tourism that we didn't feel out of place. The absolute perfect balance. The day we got there we found our hotel, a nice little set of hotel rooms and apartments right outside the main port city. The main port city, Adamas, is a quaint little shore town with tons of food, bars, and bakeries. Our hotel was a 2 minute walk from the center of town (and almost out of town by then). We visited our first beach right in town, relaxed, and got breakfast for the rest of the week on the way back. Cereal and fresh fruit. That night we had dinner on the water, mostly seafood. Sepia (squid) in a wine sauce, muscles, and another shot at Souvlaki that wasn't as good.

The next day we rented a little compact car, and explored the island. In total we saw 10 beaches in total. The northern beaches were a little dirty to be honest. We don't know why, they tended to catch garbage in their caves and such. The southern beaches though, were something out of a movie. None of them compared to our favorite beach Tsigrado. It was a little beach cut into cliffs of the island. To get down to it, we had to scramble down a little crevice, not much wider than a person. There were two wooden ladders and a rope, but it was a steep drop. At the end, there is a leap of faith moment almost to get to the last steps. The climb down alone was fun. Then once down there the beach is all caves and clear blue water. You can swim in and out of caves and snorkel around the rocks to your hearts content. It was amazing. Kristen forgot her sandals at the end, and I jumped at the chance just to climb down and back up again. At the end of the day, we still had the car so we went to the northern shore town of Pollonia. This was our favorite meal by far, it was at a new restaurant (10 days old) called Medusa. We got fried calamari to start, Kristen got a mushroom tortellini that was made by a genius chef, and I got a grilled beef dish that almost melted in your mouth. It was amazing. At the end of the meal, after we had paid, they started feeding us a homemade island liquor made with honey and cinammon. Normally I don't like liquor but this stuff was amazing. If I hadn't been driving, I would have just kept drinking till I fell asleep. The next day was Santorini, which will come in the next post...