Today is the last day of being part of this incredible energy on this island. Spent the day at Santa Maria Beach under umbrella 22. Said our goodbyes to Theo and headed back to Lefkes. Hung out by the pool for a while, got ready, and went down to Parikia for our last sunset. Ate ham and cheese, and chocolate banana crepes as the sun slowly went down. Our last sunset in Paros. What a special time we had in this place.

G-stringin it at Santa Maria Beach.
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Straight Chillin.
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Swimming Pool in Lefkes.
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Parikia for Chocolate.
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Beautiful Sunset.
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Dinner at Livantis.
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Breakfast.
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Santa Maria Beach.
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Lady window shopping.
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Naoussa for dinner…had really good ham and cheese crepes and greek beer.

Drinks at R.E.D. with Theo and girlfriend.
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Me and Peejay.
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then another bar…out pretty late…pretty tipsy

Hotel Argonauto gets a major thumbs down. We needed some peace and quite for the few days we were together and were definitely not getting it, so we decided to head to Lefkes. We rented a cute yellow fiat, picked up our suitcases, and fifteen minutes later we were exactly where we needed to be.

The view west from Lefkes Village.
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The view east from Lefkes Village, towards where Santa Maria Beach.
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Lefkes. . .beautiful midieval town church.
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Lobby and pool.
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Lefkes is a beautiful midieval village in the middle of Paros at the top of a hill that overlooks the east coast of the island. The hotel is surrounded with trees, small churches, and a whole lot of quite space. Even has a huge swimming pool where we can swim and see the town around us.

The side of the beach were the surfers hang out.
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It’s so clear, you can see your feet!
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Although it was hard to leave all of this quiet, Paul was craving the beach, so we grabbed our swimsuits and headed to Santa Maria. We arrived, got a spot in the shade, and had the biggest grins on our faces. It can’t possibly get any better than this. The water was aqua blue and as it got deeper, it became a beautiful rich deep blue. In the distance, one can see the mountains of Naxos, and east of the beach were a bunch of people windsurfing. The breeze was perfect, the water was perfect, the music was incredible…we found our beach!

Me, just before dinner in Naoussa.
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“Fire boy”, our dinner entertainment.
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We didn’t want to leave the heaven we were in, but it was getting dark, so we went back to Lefkes and got ready for dinner. Arrived in Naoussa, which was bustling with people. Walked around, did some window shopping, and after exhausting our search for the perfect restaurant, we found one near the water, just outside a small Greek Orthodox Church. Had some grilled octopus, some pasta, and some really good ouzo. So glad we found a room in Lefkes, and life couldn’t get much better than Santa Maria Beach.

Paul doodling away on the English version of the Greek Paper (Katermini)
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“Let me see you drop them pants boy!” (really bad Deliverance reference)
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Me fishing out some crumbs from my tank top, I know. . .very classy.
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After almost missing the bus to the port because we just had to have a last minute gyro in town, we caught the boat from Santorini to Paros at just after 3 and were in Parikia 4 hours later, at 7. Hotel Argaunoto was a few minutes walk away. We got checked in and went to our room to find a bottle of wine waiting for us, which was very sweet The place was very charming, but our room faced the square, which had a little more action going on than what we wanted, so we switched to a room on the opposite side, facing the inside of the town. We quickly got settled in and were out in just enough time to catch the sunset at an italian cafe right on the water. The vibe was so chilled out and was just what we needed. It was soooooo good to be back in Paros!

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