One of the nicest things about vacation is that you can relax at the end of the day, and assess the general situation, with a minimum of anxiety and stress. There are no mouths to feed, no bills to pay, and no outfit to choose/lay out for the following workday. There is only quiet thought. (and if you're lucky, a Bacardi & Diet Coke awaiting you)
Here are my daily snapshots of my vacation evenings, in order. Some are, admittedly, more relaxing than others. Click to enlarge.
Day 1: Hot bath, red wine, wind down from long flight(s) - Athens
Day 2: Feet up after long, hot day of touring, enjoying the view - Athens
Day 3: Lovely dinner in the grotto at Daphne's, near miss of thunderstorm - Athens
Day 4: Cocktail on the balcony, overlooking the Athenian riviera. Quiet, lovely. Ouzo is Sean's (I hate that stuff) - Athens
Day 5: Reading on the terrace of our room - Mykonos
Day 6: Reading (another book! one book a day = best part of any vacation) and laughing, watching Monk reruns. Mykonos
Day 7: Aboard the high-speed ferry from Mykonos to Crete, pounding anti-nauseals and hoping for the best
Day 8: Escaping the sun in our room, pre-dinner cocktails and an unreal view - Elounda, Crete
Day 9: Aegean Air, yet another book, headed back to Athens
Day 10: Mid-day-night-who-the-hell-knows-what-time-it-is, another book! - somewhere over Greenland, en route to Chicago
And on that note, I'm off to bed. It's the end of the day, you know.
Here are my daily snapshots of my vacation evenings, in order. Some are, admittedly, more relaxing than others. Click to enlarge.
Day 1: Hot bath, red wine, wind down from long flight(s) - Athens
Day 2: Feet up after long, hot day of touring, enjoying the view - Athens
Day 3: Lovely dinner in the grotto at Daphne's, near miss of thunderstorm - Athens
Day 4: Cocktail on the balcony, overlooking the Athenian riviera. Quiet, lovely. Ouzo is Sean's (I hate that stuff) - Athens
Day 5: Reading on the terrace of our room - Mykonos
Day 6: Reading (another book! one book a day = best part of any vacation) and laughing, watching Monk reruns. Mykonos
Day 7: Aboard the high-speed ferry from Mykonos to Crete, pounding anti-nauseals and hoping for the best
Day 8: Escaping the sun in our room, pre-dinner cocktails and an unreal view - Elounda, Crete
Day 9: Aegean Air, yet another book, headed back to Athens
Day 10: Mid-day-night-who-the-hell-knows-what-time-it-is, another book! - somewhere over Greenland, en route to Chicago
And on that note, I'm off to bed. It's the end of the day, you know.
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