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Ending in Athens

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(So I'm a little behind, but in general I have been impressed by how I have kept up) We woke up Wednesday and walked over for some coffee while we tried to suss what to do with our Greek Independence Day (note — the place where we got coffee may be like Brigadoon, it was busy that day and then I never saw it open again!) Once Beatrix was up we went over to Little Kook , which is a place that defies description. I have about a million pictures, but I think these few give the sense. And the food was surprisingly good! We then walked around looking at street art and to the National Garden, enjoying the sun.  By that time, though, Beatrix was near-dead from all the walking, so we ended up at Hoo Cut and Coleur Locale again. Not a bad way to end the day! Thursday, we started the day with loukades at a cafe close to the apartment.  We walked back and forth multiple times before sussing that the temporarily relocated entrance to the Agora was now right by the cafe (oops). The Agora, ...
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Travel Days

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Yesterday and today were travel days. We said goodbye to Skiathos, which has my heart.  One last view from the balcony, walking down the port street seeing them put up the bunting for Greek Independence Day. Discovered Liberte Books and had a fascinating conversation with the owner, Vassilos. What an amazing place! One last walk down Megali Ammos Beach, our favorite. And lunch at Dough Hook. The entire area reminds me so much of much of Amelia Island! Another coffee while waiting for the ferry. Then, an absolutely HAIR-RAISING drive straight up the mountain to our incredible inn in Portaria. In the wildest of coincidences, Portaria turns out to be the ancestral home of our friend Andy's family, so we snapped a picture of his home and had an incredible meal at the restaurant he recommended. We meant to do the Centaur's Path hike this morning, but it was too rainy, so after breakfast we headed back to Athens. I was nervous about our AirBnB, but it turned out to be amazing, in a r...
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