Naxos day 1 (09/01/2009)

Our *real* first day in Naxos was really the day we arrived (August 31), but we were so jetlagged and out of it that we mostly snoozed by the pool at our hotel. We went into the main town for dinner that night but didn't take many pictures. So, I'm considering "Naxos Day 1" to be Tuesday, September 1st. We rented scooters and went on a looong ride into the interior of the island, to the Citron distillery in Chalki (called Chalkio on the map), to a 7th-century church in Moni, and back down some really STEEP hills. Here's a map of Naxos:


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We were staying near the west coast of the island (Agios Prokopios), so you can see this was an ambitious ride for my first time on a scooter. I did fall off once and got a little banged up, but nothing major (fortunately my wedding dress came to below my knees :). By the end of the day, though, I felt like a scooter champ!



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