Naxos

Next island, Naxos.

We arrived late in the day with just enough time to see the sun set.

The next day we got on our bike and went exploring.

The ancient temple of Demeter

Lunch under the grapes

Climbing Mt. Zeus

The view from as high as we were willing to walk

 One of the many beautiful towns on the island.

Apollonas, the pretty town where we decided to run out of petrol. It's a long story but thanks to a friendly Swiss couple we made it home.

Naxos town.

The Portara, part of an unfinished (not ruined) temple to Apollo.

To get there, we had to cross this causeway under rather wavy conditions.

And then cross back again

Mykonos

After 277 days on the road we decided that it was time for a holiday. So back to the Greek Islands we flew.

In our blog entries we try to share with you some of the experience, the learning and the fun that we've had along our travel, but in Greece we are quite simply sharing holiday photos designed to make you jealous. Enjoy.

Our local beach in Mykonos

Our local view from our balcony

Mykonos town is beautiful to see and fun to explore.

Preparing for sunset

The well-known Mykonos windmills and the even more well-known Earth's moon.

Paradise Beach (which is almost as good as Super Paradise Beach). Spot Josh in the photo and win a thousand smiles.

We eventually got bored of the hedonism and decided to learn something. We took a quick trip to nearby Delos, a place of worship in ancient times.

The ruins were temples to various Gods, each more ruined than the last.

We're so happy!!

Alpine Switzerland

Switzerland a.k.a Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra or Confoederatio Helvetica, is quite simply one of the most beautiful countries on earth.

Just to whet your appetite, the Rhine Falls

We also visited the beautifully situated village of Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. The village is at the bottom of the valley.

We took the exhausting Männlichen cable car all the way up to above 2,200m altitude.

Classic Switzerland!

The north face of the Eiger

The Eiger Glacier

The route down took several hours, accompanied by wild flowers and butterflies.

At the bottom of the glacier is the Gletscherschlucht.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Fondue

Urban Switzerland

Switzerland is known for its great metropolises, soaring skyscrapers and urban jungles. Well, maybe not but we did spend a little time in some of its cities.

The lake in Zurich is quite spectacular and incredibly clear.

Also at night.

The Limmat which flows into Lake Zurich.

We stayed at a campsite quite near the city which was super expensive. During our stay in the campsite we saw three Porsches and two Ferraris. Needless to say we struggled to afford anything in this land of excess.

 Basel has several cool fountains...

an interesting town hall...

and a temporary beach volleyball stadium in the town square.

Lucerne is very pretty.

Across the Reuss river are a couple of bridges

Within the bridges are paintings from the 17th century depicting events from the town's history (mostly involving skeletons).

We also visited Geneva where we met up with our Swiss friend Aidan. You can't really tell from this picture but he is very Swiss.