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AllieMark: Our ferry to Naxos
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AllieMark: Settling in for our 4-hour cruise from Athens to Naxos
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AllieMark: Approaching port
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AllieMark: Backpacker Allie emerges unscathed after our cruise
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AllieMark: Saying goodbye to our boat
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AllieMark: Mark arrives at our 25-Euro per night home for the next 5 nights
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AllieMark: One of our many $2 gyro lunches along the waterfront
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AllieMark: One of many colorful homes above Naxos town
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AllieMark: Naxian clothes dryer
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AllieMark: Walking the streets of the Venetian Kastro above Naxos town
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AllieMark: One of the many flowering agave plants we enjoyed
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AllieMark: Ever want to live in a castle - Part of the Venetian Kastro above Naxos town, now a private home
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AllieMark: Buckets at the bottom of drain pipes to capture rain water on this mostly dry island
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AllieMark: The colors of Naxos - blue and white everywhere
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AllieMark: One of the literally hundreds of churches on this rather small island
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AllieMark: Mark cooling his heels in the Mediterranean
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AllieMark: Mark skipping stones across the water - temple of Apollo in the distance
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AllieMark: Our first dinner at Scirocco on the main square - great place, and we ate here every night
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AllieMark: This is the beach where Mark learned to windsurf for ~$25 in 2001 - the same package is now 175 Euros - ouch!
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AllieMark: Allie on Agios Gregoros watching a ferry arrive at Naxos port
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AllieMark: Hiking to Agia Anna beach - Naxos town in the distance
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AllieMark: Setting up camp at Agia Anna - snorkeling here we saw many fish & played with an octopus
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AllieMark: Dessert gone in one shot...
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AllieMark: Mark in front of our brakeless rental car
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AllieMark: Allie walking through Tsikalario - a small town in the middle of the island
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AllieMark: One of the many fig trees in the island's interior - Mt. Zeus in the background
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AllieMark: An almond tree - almost feels like home!
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AllieMark: Many upcountry homes are earthen, with some of the newer whitewashed cement homes mixed in around town
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AllieMark: Naxos is known for its big beans - baked in a tomato sauce it is one of our favorite dishes here
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AllieMark: Citron is a popular liquor from Naxos. It is distilled in this one copper still in the town of Halki