This morning we debated what we would do with the day. Rick was planning to stay on the boat because his knee is swollen and still hurting. We decided we would be too rushed to go to Mykonos today but Mike and I went to the ferry office and bought tickets for tomorrow. We also asked about getting a ferry to Delos, maybe for Monday. I wanted to go to Pyrgos here on Tinos. It’s a town that specializes in marble crafts and is supposed to be very picturesque.
I went over and did a little more research on renting a car to drive to Pyrgos. It turns out that we would need an international drivers license (even though Rick and I have rented cars twice in Greece on this trip and he doesn’t have an international drivers license) in order to rent a car. I went across the street to the owner of the gelato shop who seems very helpful to everyone moored along the quay and asked him how much it would cost to get a taxi to take us to Pyrgos. He told me we should take the bus. So Mike, Kay, and I took the 11:00 bus to Pyrgos. It was very easy and Pyrgos was a really charming town. It looked like what I expect Santorini to look like. We walked to the Museum of Marble Crafts which described how they “mine” the marble and how they carve it. It was very interesting. Then we walked back into Pyrgos and had a lite lunch in a picturesque town square. Afterward we wandered around for about an hour, taking pictures. Many of the houses had decorative marble inserts. Also the views from the town were beautiful.
We took the 3:00 bus back to town. It had to drop us off at the ferry terminal because there is a road race through town. We relaxed back on the boat. One of our boat neighbors came over for a drink. Then the race started not more than 10 ft from our boat. They worked their way through small children, a little older children, etc. until finally the adults raced. It was a really party. They had a DJ playing loud music and lots of people lining the race course. Another one of our boat neighbors was running in the race. We were right in the thick of it.
After the road race, Joanne and Terry went out for dinner. The rest of us felt like staying on the boat for dinner. After dinner the music and the partying continued and it was topped off by fireworks.
Finally they quieted down at around 10:15 just in time for sleep.