When you only have one day to see a city as large & ancient as Athens, it can feel quite overwhelming. Add to this fact that you’ve just spent a week on a tiny Greek island, isolated from the rest of the world & you can understand how we probably felt arriving in this sprawling mecca. I felt like a mole coming up to ground for the first time, squinting my eyes at the bright light & thinking “can’t I just go back & hide?”
I remember sitting on the ferry to Sifnos feeling excited and anxious about what we were about to see. I had envisioned the beaches seen in movies and blue water, but I never could have imagined the island being as perfect as it was. Yes, the beaches were pristine and the buildings were really that white, but the entire way of life is what I will always remember and value about Sifnos the most.
You’d think Rheumatoid Arthritis would be what slows me down on hikes, but NOOOO…it’s always the simple bane of every hiker that takes me down. Our final hike on the island of Sifnos was not the trail we initially planned. We had hoped to walk Trail 6, which is a loop trail that takes you around the highest point of the island. Alas, I developed an open blister on the bottom of my foot & I knew I wasn’t “up to par” for that hike. We chose a relaxing coastal trail instead & the final destination made it all worth it.
