Well, I've been through this before: amazing vacations, return to work, a ton of moving parts to juggle, and how much time flew by in the meanwhile??
The days in this paradise seemed to stretch longer, time went by slower. It's said times flies when you're having fun (and I surely was), but the overall mood in these islands was more in line with no hurries whatsoever.
Maybe it was the landscape, that reminded me of some parts of rural Portugal that welcome the lazy moods.
Or maybe the general holiday feeling where you want to see a lot of stuff, but you know that you can take all the time you want, especially when you're wandering by yourself with no fixed timetable.
Bringing back some of these memories in a #monomad challenge seem a pretty good fit. White streets filled with bouganvillea, with the blue doors and windows to go with it; the typical cycladic island colours, definitely postcard-worthy.
Some viewpoints even give you a perfect view of a typical town, with the crystal blue sea nearby contrasting with the white houses.
Also the little details that you discover when you venture through the narrow streets, and get lost in the maze of the old parts of the towns; exploration here feels awesome: tiny shops, lazy cats, amazing typical restaurants.
And although the beaches are better appreciated in full colours, because the clarity of this blue is a sight to behold, even in monochromes it's easy to see where the Greek islands get the reputation of being little beach paradises.
So many islands, so little time. I've only visited but three of them, and it was enough to get a glimpse of how life in the cycladic islands is... but there's so much to explore still, that I'm pretty sure this won't be my last visit.
See you soon, Greece!
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