Lesvos

08.05.13

A little more than a week has gone by here on Lesvos and we still have until Sunday to enjoy the sun. We spent a lot of time at the beach, just tanning and enjoying the water, which is luckily a little less salty than the ocean in Turkey. Down there I couldn't go out in the water without my eyes starting to water over, so I had to wear goggles. Combined with the bathing shoes i wore to avoid getting my feet cut open, you can imagine that was a very pretty sight.

While we've been on Lesvos we've also done some sightseeing. We've been driving all around the island, literally. It's a pretty small island with an population of about 90,000. So you can imagine the towns are not exactly like New York (not that I think any city is like the Big Apple. I really need to go there sometimes!). What the island might lack in people it has in olive trees though, with nothing less than 11,000 million olive trees. I think that after a week here, we've seen everything worth seeing and I can put a check mark by Lesvos on my list over places to go.

Still we've had one week left, so we'll have to figure out how we are going to spend that time. Luckily I'm in good company, so I'm sure it'll be another good week.

Today we were at the beach as well. I got in to a game of volleyball with some Greek, Dutch and British people. That totally made my day. I love playing beach volleyball, but not as much as meeting new people. It's on the level of happiness the Ben & Jerry's ice creams bring me :-O Since I left the States I haven't really been that good at approaching new people and the people I made friends with in Turkey talked to me first. I need to get back to being more outgoing. My mission for the rest of the stay is going to be to talk to one stranger every day. Awkwardness and random compliments here I come!