Saturday, June 12, 2010

Infinity Is Hard To Comprehend

I woke up this morning around 7:45 again for today's round of activities. Following a shower and breakfast (With some pretty big cereal bowls. I may have to buy some Cheerios or something at the market to take advantage of this...), the group went about the island on another bus tour. While this tour may not as in depth as the one for Naxos, we did see a decent amount of stuff and managed to walk through a village or two in between drives. I must say the landscapes on these islands has never failed to impress me, especially since I am a guy that is from places with little to offer in terms of land variety. The mountains are incredible and the beaches offer a decent amount of variety.

With the bus ride ending around 11:30, we were left to our own devices for the day. The first things I ended up doing were taking a 2-3 hour siesta and finishing the last 50 pages of The World According to Garp. All in all, I found it to be an incredibly massive work that I'd recommend to any readers out there. It's definitely a gritty work but the multiple emotions that it evokes never fail to inspire. Of course, I didn't bring anything else to read so I'm either going to have to borrow someone else's books or buy something from a bookstore. I checked one of the local bookstores out today but didn't see much of interest aside from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. I'm still contemplating it but always it find amusing as to how many of my friends seem to hate her with a fiery passion...

The rest of the evening has mostly consisted of walking along the beach again by the hotel, listening to more music, seeing what's along the port, and eventually grabbing dinner at an Italian restaurant that hypes about having a head cook from Italy (It's like he's trying to one-up Olive Garden or something. You consulted with Italian chefs? Well we got an ACTUAL Italian chef!). It was pretty good food as always and I managed to find an ATM in the midst of everything that's going on. Since then, I've been hanging out in the hotel and relaxing. Thinking of doing some writing or something...

I've also come to the conclusion that this hotel may be my new favorite. I say this due to a combination of the atmosphere, location, and the fact that three friendly cats live here. I've gotten plenty of pictures taken of them today in addition to the monuments, and I just realized that I never took any pictures of Miguel while we were there. So to those family members that are curious as to what Miguel looked like: Picture a much skinnier version of Peyton. I think that sums it up...

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