She Married a Bear!

I'm happy to say that I managed to sleep in a good deal today and got out of bed around 10:30. After taking a shower and eating one of the peaches that I bought the day before, I went to go check out the music store that had been closed. It looked like a nice, snug place though they had metal CD's from Metallica and Iron Maiden. Of course, their cassette collection was pretty sweet and I ended up seeing some neat stuff from artists such as Deep Purple and Motorhead. Makes me wish that the Bonneville had a tape deck and that tapes could actually be converted to iPods. You know vinyls aren't the only old school music medium...

After hanging out at the hotel a while longer, the group left for the port around 2:00 and I believe the ferry left a little before 3:00. The ride was about five hours long but was mostly spent listening to music, wandering about the ship, and getting tons of reading done. I've discovered that I'm not that affected by motion sickness on the sea and am able to read on a ship that I am not able to in a car or an airplane. Kinda makes me wish I lived in an area that allowed for more aquatic travel. Maybe I should get a houseboat when I'm older...

So we arrived at the hotel on the island of Sifnos/Siphnos (I'm not 100% sure how it's spelled quite yet...) in the early evening and spent the last few hours checking into our rooms, walking down the beach that's right next to the hotel (I get the feeling that it may be the spot for some of my solitary hours), grabbed food at one of the nearby cafes, and are currently hanging out in the garden outside. The internet is a little slower but this hotel is another nice one that has an atmosphere similar to that of Naxos. I suppose we'll see how the rest of the island is, since we'll be getting early for another bus tour...