Happy Birthday to Me...

Well...I've made it to 28 I suppose. I spent my b-day tooling around Naxos on a four wheeler (I am apparently not to be trusted with a scooter)..picture me: bright yellow ATV, dorky helmet trying to awkwardly zip aound in traffic ( its like my own little short bus)....after two days I sorta got used to the Greek schoolchildren heckling me....Today I went (at 20 kmph, not really zippy on hills, this thing) up into the mountains in central Naxos... Halki, Moni and Filoti...quaint little towns in the Tragea, the central olive Groves....There were bits of ruins here and there to walk through as well. As I was making my way back down the mountains to town, it began to rain, so I pulled over in Holki to sit in the cutest cafe and drink some espresso and wait for the storm to pass. I also got to sample some citron, a liquer made of the smashed leaves of the citron plant and apparently only available in Naxos....it was pretty good, but it smelled divine. I then made my way back down to the beaches and charred myself a bit more.....give it a few more days and I will turn into a giant freckle....I am a bit red...but I am officially the tannest I have ever been. I am soon off to my little pension room to feast on grilled cheese (i will finish this damn cheese if it kills me) and bacardi breezers....After which I am heading out to see what the clubs are like on this island ...(you really didn't think I was going to have a little patheti-sad little birthday night by myself in my room did you).