Paros, Santorini and Rhodes

The last couple of days have been a total whirlwind (not that the others haven't!)


We left the island of Paros today (Tuesday) to go to Santorini to meet up with the mayor...then we will travel by boat tonight to the island of Rhodes.


Here is a really brief update on the last few days;

On Saturday we arrived at 5 30 am by boat to Sifnos where we met the Mayor and went to 3 villages. Then on Sunday we were taken to the Acropolis of Agios Andreas - it is the oldest evidence of European civilization and then to a church believed to have been built in the 1500's - it was amazing to see!

On Monday We took a small ferry across to Anti Paros. As we were leaving for our 20 minute journey we could see several small boats hovering nearby. Well you wouldn't believe it - they traveled along side us lighting flares and honking their horns. On the other side about 200 people were waiting on shore, cheering us on. We disembarked and then ran through their small streets and sidewalks with several small children joining us. As we ran along I felt a small hand grab mine and instantly I had a new friend - a 6 year old girl ran/walked with me as we arrived to the small plaza. She was beautiful!

Then we were greeted with a short ceremony and some of their homemade bakery items.

I am getting excited about arriving to Rhodes because I am hoping to meet up with our athlete Stacey... this is going to be such a great experience for her.

I hope everyone at home is doing well!