Halki

Naxos is the largest island in the Cyclades, so there is so much to see.  There are so many beautiful little towns in the interior.  It’s hard to tear yourself away from the beach but since we had a whole month in Greece we felt less guilty taking the time to see some towns.

But let’s not get crazy, we headed to the beach in the morning and once again Greece delivered.

Then it was home for some naps… except Adam decided all of a sudden that he was not interested in a nap, to quote ‘I no like, maybe next time’.  So eventually we gave up and headed to Halki. It’s about a thirty minute drive from where we were staying in Agia Anna and of course by the time we arrived this had happened.  Thankfully we had the stroller so we were able to walk around and shop and Adam got his nap in.

 
Halki consisted of just one main road, but what a road.  On this road were a couple stores but each one contained something wonderful.  When I stopped to nurse Malcolm under a beautiful tree with bright pink flowers that had carpeted the ground Randy looked at me and said how crazy is it that this is real? Agreed Randy, it looked like someone had set it up for a magazine shoot. Has there ever been a more beautiful bench to nurse your baby on?  I think not.

There was a wonderful little gift shop, an art gallery, an amazing cheese shop where we bought some locally made cheese, a pottery store and my favorite a jam shop.  We walked into this jam shop and you smelled fresh lemon.  I peeked in the back and there was a mound of lemons peeled ready to be made into jam. This store makes these jams using nothing but the fruit, nothing else is added.  And the fruit is so fresh and delicious that the jam is perfection. Every flavor we tried was delicious so we bought a whole bunch to bring back with us.  We narrowed it down to banana and kiwi, peach and strawberry. I can’t wait to get some crusty bread this weekend and try.

Adam finally woke up and we went to eat dinner at the only taverna in town.  The food was delicious, yummiest fried zucchini and a souvlaki the size of Malcolm!