at naxos...

i was trying to show roze off yesterday, and just now thought i had her photo inside this blog....but no go on that one either....

sorry no pix yet of the trip
but soon i will figure it out!!

we got to naxos yesterday afternoon after a windblown ferry ride. met a french gal ani rose's age and had a good chat. i almost could hold my own in french, and she really wanted to talk to me! i had been trying to do this for the past year, mas o menos.
we drank beer and watched the wake follow us to naxos. it is so beautiful here...the water is deep and blue. she was doing a movie w/ her little digi camera and was planning to speed it up on her computer at home, plus add the music the ferryboat kept playing when they open and close the big hold doors--a very digital version of the "fur elise".

when we landed here, there were a number of people trying to get us to rent their rooms.
i told one guy the name of the place we were trying to find, which was recommended by a friend in ashland.
within 5 minutes she drove up and got us. the other people had told her we were looking for her.
so within our first 15 minutes here we were installed in our room. with a tiny kitchen and bathroom, and windows out to the tiny windy streets, and a roof where we can sit and look over the harbor.

we are just below the kastro, the old venetian fortress. the streets to get up there are like a maze. good thing i have played the game "memory" to remember the order of the clues to follow to get back where i need to be.

today's weather is still cloudy, but with wind and sun. a lot drier than the past few.

i did a lot of sketching so far. one of my little books done in greece has ancient pottery, ruins, landscapes from santorini, and on adjacent pages, the bikini shop at the athens airport, called "sugarfree." i drew it because it was so colorful. what conscientious guy would not want to buy his gal a bright sexy bikini instead of chocolate, if he is listening to her complain about her weight? (right luciene?)

well, enough of this sitting about being a techie. time to go and have more experiences!!
hasta luego amigos!!!>