Cruisin around Milos

Our last day in Milos was as amazing as the first two. We took a boat halfway around the island with 11 other people from around the world. Our captain was a really great guy named Elias, who was assisted by his father-in-law. Everything is a family business here.

We saw some incredible rock formations and the turquoise water was beautiful. The father-in-law (whose ringtone is "My Humps" in Greek) made us all Greek salads, and we had wine to go with them. It was so relaxing to just lie down on the boat and stare at the water for hours. We stopped in a couple places and got on a lifeboat to explore caves and other hidden areas.

The boat got reaaaaaally rocky at times, and both Erik and I almost rolled off the boat. And the other passengers were quite the cast of characters. There were three from Mississippi who were friends back in high school, a couple from Argentina, a cute old French couple, and a couple from Munich. The German man was a photographer so he became quick friends with Erik, and he also found it hilarious that I was lying down on the boat while we were rocking from side to side.

Elias was a fantastic captain and a great guide. Apparently this was their first busy day of the year, because usually they take everyone on one boat but today there were two. He said tourism had actually increased this year. He took us to pirates' hiding places, told us stories about getting drunk on his boat as a teenager, and was a genuinely good guy.

Tomorrow is my first and only pure travel day. We're all flying to Athens and then Hilary and Yael fly to Barcelona and Erik and I fly to Milan. We take the train to Florence on Wednesday morning, so I think this concludes my daily blogging.