Day 101

Our alarms went off at 6am and since we both had a hard time falling asleep, we were exhausted. I manned up and turned the light on, against Jen's wishes. Then, I jumped in the shower, put on my swimsuit and a dress, and ate my breakfast. We headed over to the hotel we had to meet the bus at, but the tourguide rerouted us to another hotel due to bus complications. When the big purple bus finally came, we got a ride to the other side of Athens to the dock and boarded the cruiseship. I made us sit at the top level, but we were freezing because of the wind and the sun had barely came up. Both Jen and I ended up falling asleep at different times on the trip to our first island. It was 3ish hours before we got to our first island, Hydra, my favourite. Hydra is known for its white buildings and donkey rides, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants style, the whole reason I fell in love with Greece. We wandered down a street and decided to get an ice cream cone, then we headed in another direction where I found a ladder to the water, so I needed to stick my feet in, regardless of Jen's fear. The water was unbelievably clear and blue! We continued wandering to find a little rocky beach, so we followed the path and stood in the water. It was so beautiful; I could see my feet in thigh-high water. We had an hour and a half on Hydra before going back to the ship for our Greek, 3-course lunch. For 90 euros you'd expect better food, but we took what we got... oh yeah, and they made us by drinks, none provided. We returned to our spot at the top of the ship for an hour before reaching Poros, our next island. There really wasn't much to do other than shopping, so Jen and I sat on a dock, then found a playground to play on for our 45 minutes. Back on the ship for another hour before stopping at our last island, Aigina, more specifically St. Marina, supposedly known for its golden beachs. We went looking for said beaches, but only found one where you have to pay 5 euros for a chair, so we set our stuff against a fence with others from the cruise. Jen and I enjoyed this sandy beach. It was quite shallow pretty far out, but it was enough to go under and swim around. We dried off in the sun and returned to the ship when our hour and 45 minutes was up. The return ride was a very loooong hour and a half, and cold. We got lounge chairs at the front of the boat and eventually went inside on the second layer because of how cold we were. Back at the dock, we got on our bus and rode around town for quite a while; wouldn't you know our stop was one of the last? With food on the mind, we immediately walked to our favourite bakery to buy dinner and ice cream to eat in our room. The servers gave us a special treat, some sweet doughy thing for free. Back in the room, I called dibs on the shower, so I ate my ice cream before it melted and washed the salt and sand off of me and out of my hair. Then, we ate our dinner and  uploaded pictures while listening to music. I skyped Matt after our families barbequed at my house for the holiday, then Jen and I watched Doctor Who before passing out from exhaustion.