First up, we're sorry for the occasional jumbled words in our blog. At times they just come out a bit different to what we put in and we don't know why or how to stop it happening. Yesterday was a brilliant but exhausting day spent on a nine-hour tour of the large island of Naxos, walking through the castle built by the Venetian conquerers in the 12th century, visiting several old inland villages, watching a famous potter at work, taste-testing at the local liqueur distillery, and inspecting churches dating back to the 6th century. There are 40 churches in the small Naxos township alone, and it seems that there are several churches, large and small, in each village, and one on every peak of the numerous mountains across the island. Some are so small that they only cater for two people. The countryside, though very rocky, abounds with fruits such as orange, lemon, plum, citron (which is used in the liqueur), as well as almond trees and thousands of olive trees, some 1,000 years old. Naxis is renowned for its marble and you can see several large marble quarries as you drive around. In fact one of the villages we visited was constructed almost totally from marble, including the paved streets. A beautiful meal at our hotel last night, a walk on the local beach this morning and, again, we are sad to have to leave such a beautiful place. But Santorini awaits.
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