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but I think I saw enough. It was a nice town, in spite the incredibly fat dogs. The restaurants on the beach boulevard (old town side) were lovely. At the time being, there was festival in town and they gave free food and ouzo to everyone. We thought that was strange, but cool. (The same repeated then in Athens.) I don’t quite understand this greek thing with rusk, cheese and ouzo, but people seem to enjoy it. Also we ran into some interesting art galleries. An art school filled with Americans was ending their cemester and they had a exhibition and a party in town. (I wonder who those people were and why they studied art all the way in Greece, ‘cause after seeing the exhibition I’d say they didn’t have any superior artistic talent. But I guess it’s fun alright to study on a greek island for one spring.)

The island is not too crowded by turists, at least not on low season. This means that the hotel owners are fighting over you, which isn’t always nice. Other than that, there’s plenty to explore. We went hiking to the inland several times, it is very lush there between the valleys. The tiny inland villages amaze too. And yes, I ate the best pita gyros in Naxos Town (vegetarian of course). Naxos Town is very beautiful and cosy.

It’s beautiful alright, and the history of it is exciting, but what’s the point in places that live for turism and where you can hardly see any locals. I didn’t feel comfortable with the fact that the locals all work for my convenience. (I know I’m aggravating, I only saw three towns of the island.)