World According to Pete

Wacky random ramblings about wacky random trips

May 7, 2024

Lazy day around Spetses

So is a vacation day not spent manically rushing around doing every activity within reach a wasted vacation day? Not to me—today has been a lazy lazy day spent lounging around the beautiful hotel, then a long slow lunch in town. As I write this, everyone is napping 😀 As for me, I have a fresh drink and am gonna continue slogging through The Lord of the Rings appendixes while I lounge here by the pool.

The day began auspiciously with a new sighting of our small tortoise friend!

tiny garden tortoise — He seems to be having a lazy day as well

Tortoise is in the building!! — But next thing you know, he’s marching right through our door! Yes, Sam screamed 😀

Pete in a lounge chair by the pool waving a beer — Then suddenly it was Beer O’Clock

Giant red blooms — Crazy flowers are all over the place here

View from lunch, overlooking a rosemary plant into the harbor — View from lunch, I know I’ve posted from here a million times already, but you literally can’t see this without wanting to take another picture

Big ferry from the mainland — This is prolly the same ferry which brought us to the island

Mojito with fresh mint — Matt’s go-to recently has been mojitos, and when you order one here, the waiter immediately goes to a huge mint plant to clip off a few sprigs

That’s the mint plant in the center! This restaurant also has giant basil plants, plus rosemary, sage, oregano, and who knows what else

garish pink ice cream with chocolate sauce everywhere — Dessert of something cool & delicious

Very old cannon appearing to threaten a beautiful small sailing ship — Random view on the walk back from lunch

Sam is truckin!! I think she mentioned something about a bathroom? 😀

bizarre three-wheeled "van" of some sort — Some vehicles look a lot more European than others

Friggin potted plants are taller than I am! — These huge potted plants are all over, I’m a big fan

Like I keep saying, it’s hard to take a bad pic here. There goes Sam on another shopping mission!

Strangely, this post will omit dinner, and that’s because we finally experienced our first big dud meal of the trip. So no pics, you’ll have to trust me on this one.

But we salvaged the evening by going to a trusted place afterwards for a big fat bottle of red wine and a calorific dessert, then consoled ourselves with the amazing scenic walk home.