Naxos - Just another awesome part of paradise
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| Nadine and Jean Marc rented a car on Naxos and took me everywhere with them. |
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| The weather was changeable but the view always great. |
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| Naxos has lots of marble. It was being mined and used 2500 years ago when Demeter's Sanctuary was built... |
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| ... and it is still being mined today. There's so much that the scraps get used as breakwaters. |
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| Even the parts of Naxos that aren't marble are still pretty rocky... |
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| ... and the number of stone walls in some fields is crazy. |
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| Houses were built of stone... |
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| ... and windmills ... |
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| ... and churches. |
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| We did all sorts of things; stopped at beaches to skinny dip, at restaurants to sample local cuisine, and at this half-built deserted hotel to marvel at the graffiti. |
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| We saw sheep ... |
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| ... and cows ... |
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| ... and goats. |
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| The wild flowers were interesting... |
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| ... and the cultivated ones stunning. And, as usual, I threw my hands in the air and was thrilled to be privileged enough to visit. |
