Saturday we had a one hour nap wake up after getting home because we had to wake up to catch our ferry to Hydra. It was about an hour and a half ferry ride but we all passed out so I can’t say much about it. But when we arrived the sun was shining and the island was beautiful. We were dropped off at the main part of the city with some restaurant and shops and donkeys. But we started to walk to right and find stairs to a cement platform and rocky beach. First thing we did was to get in the water. It wasn’t too cold but took a little to get used too. All morning we swam, slept and the guys jumped off the cliffs at the edge of the cove.
We had an amazing lunch at the Pirate bar in the main party of the city. For lunch, I had a tuna salad with olive pate and fresh hand squeezed lemonade. The restaurant was owned by the mother of our waitress and she came out to make sure everything was ok. The menu varied day to day with what fresh ingredients she could get. It got even better at dessert when I had a meringue topped with homemade whipped cream and strawberry glaze topped with fresh strawberries. A-MAZE-ING!! My friends got a lemon cheesecake, chocolate mousse and brownies and ice cream.
After lunch we wanted to hike to another beach but it was too far away so we went to the same place as the morning. We went out to the rocks for a little exploring but were exhausted so we climbed the rocks and took a nap as the sun got lower into the sky.
For dinner, we went to the top of the other hill over looking another harbor. The restaurant was owned by a greek man who spoke little english but was persistent on showing us all his fresh ingredients including the fish he caught that day. gross! But the food was delicious and there was a lot of it. I got chicken with a side of stuffed rice tomatoes. Near the end of dinner, the plate with the fish was sitting near the edge. Considering how many cats there are in Greece we should have thought about moving the plate, but too late because the cat swiped it and continued to eat the remains of the fish down to its bones. We were in a rush to finish so we could catch the ferry and kept asking for the check. It was taking a while but he was prepping watermellon for us that was so fresh and he told us that if we didn’t eat the melon then the chef will come out with a knife. So we ate the juicy water melon and made it back to the dock in time to take the ferry back the Athens.
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