Hannah Nietfeld

July 10th This was our only full day in Mykonos so the plan was to take the bus into town and see a new city on the island. The first bus was at 10am and breakfast opened up at 8am, so we had some time to make it a slow morning. I wanted to go to the ocean early in the morning because we had an adorable beach but during the day it's swamped with clubbers so this was our only opportunity to enjoy it alone.  Well, we weren’t alone. We were joined with two kittens that followed us and danced...

July 9th The beach in the distance is where I swam Inspired by the sunset and swimmers at the beach near us, I woke up early to go for a morning swim. I wanted to make sure I fit in an extra activity for the day because I knew we weren’t about to have the most exciting day waiting for the ferry, riding the ferry, and getting to our hotel in Mykonos.  The water was so chilly in Paros that it took me a while to even wade in. I had the beach to myself for most of it, however there was a sweet...

July 8th Our last full day in Paros and we had one more city to explore, Naoussa. This city was the second largest on the island and was on the north side. Because it is so popular, there are a ton of buses that connect our port city to this beach town. Excited to explore a new city, I convinced mom to wait to have breakfast until we got to the new city, so we could try a new place. We got on the 9am bus and were there by 9:30am and at my handpicked breakfast spot at 9:35am. We went to the...