NAXOS

NAXOS//

DAY 7, 8 & 9

The sea in Greece is blue no matter where you look.	A typical Greek dinner with a Greek salad, pork and kebab souvlaki, pita, and fried potatoes.	This is one of the oldest churches on the island of Naxos.
The Naxian hills leading to the sea.	A lone church stands on the edge of a mountain.	A village up on a plateau of a mountain.
A village tucked into the side of a mountain in the middle of the island.	Olive trees span the length of the countryside and up the sides of mountains.	Another view of the mountains leading to the sea. Another island can be seen in the distance.
A church was built above a village and stands alone.	A coastal city sits at sea level	Personal boats are docked here, but no ferries or cruise ships come to this side of the islan.
The coast from this small coastal city in Naxos.	This beach is completely rocky, as many beaches in Greece air.	Sail boats arrive at the port city.
The Portara stands at the entrance to the island.	The view of Naxos from the Portara.	Boats are docked at the port, and another island is in the distance.
The Portara was once the gateway to a temple dedicated to the god Apollo.	The sun sets over the water at the Portara.	A tiny boat floats off the coast of the Portara.
This temple was never finished, for reasons unknown. But scholars know it was never finished because the posts were not shaved to create a smooth entrance.

Explore the Portata, Temple to Apollo

NAXOS//

DAY 10 & 11

This temple to Hera sits in the middle of the island.	Farmland complete surrounds this temple.	Greek farmland is very mountainous and rocky, making it difficult to farm.
Steps leading up to the temple of Hera.	Hera was an important god for farmers to worship because she was the mother goddess, and she controlled the earth. Farmers depended on her for their crops to do well.	In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter a story is told where Hera is looking for her lost daughter, and she makes the crops die, so the Greeks were very careful to please her.
A stone gate surrounds the temple.

I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair.

And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês[1]

seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide.

Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she who glories in the harvest.

To Read The Entire Homeric Hymn to Demeter Click Here

NAXOS//

DAY 15 & 16

The sign for a family-run distillery in Naxos.	Inside the distillery is an atrium, with doors leading to separate rooms.	Inside two of the rooms are all of the machines where the Kitron is made.
A street common in the village of Chalki.	Vibrant flowers bloom and have grown up over the side of a house.	A beach in Naxos
Many visitors lay out in lawn chairs, although this beach is sandy so it is not a necessity.	A complimentary dip given at a restaurant on the port. They were seafood and beet dips.	Sunset over the Medieval part of the city.
The view of Naxos City inside from the port.	Great mountains lead to the countryside.	An ancient floor mosaic remains intact and is on display on the roof of the archaeological museum at Naxos City.

How to make kitron

with vallindras distillery

1.

"The production process starts with the collection of citron leaves when they are fully fragrant –that is, from September and possibly throughout the winter."

"After careful selection to exclude dry and diseased leaves, they are bathed in alcohol in a traditional pot still."

2.

3.

"The essential oils of the leaves are dissolved in the alcohol and the distillate gives three basic spirit types: white at 33 degrees, green at 30 degrees and yellow at 36 degrees."

NAXOS

NAXOS//

DAY 7, 8 & 9

The sea in Greece is blue no matter where you look.

A typical Greek dinner with a Greek salad, pork and kebab souvlaki, pita, and fried potatoes.

This is one of the oldest churches on the island of Naxos.

The Naxian hills leading to the sea.

A lone church stands on the edge of a mountain.

A village up on a plateau of a mountain.

A village tucked into the side of a mountain in the middle of the island.

Olive trees span the length of the countryside and up the sides of mountains.

Another view of the mountains leading to the sea. Another island can be seen in the distance.

A church was built above a village and stands alone.

A coastal city sits at sea level

Personal boats are docked here, but no ferries or cruise ships come to this side of the islan.

The coast from this small coastal city in Naxos.

This beach is completely rocky, as many beaches in Greece air.

Sail boats arrive at the port city.

The Portara stands at the entrance to the island.

The view of Naxos from the Portara.

Boats are docked at the port, and another island is in the distance.

The Portara was once the gateway to a temple dedicated to the god Apollo.

The sun sets over the water at the Portara.

A tiny boat floats off the coast of the Portara.

This temple was never finished, for reasons unknown. But scholars know it was never finished because the posts were not shaved to create a smooth entrance.

NAXOS//

DAY 10 & 11

This temple to Hera sits in the middle of the island.

Farmland complete surrounds this temple.

Greek farmland is very mountainous and rocky, making it difficult to farm.

Steps leading up to the temple of Hera.

Hera was an important god for farmers to worship because she was the mother goddess, and she controlled the earth. Farmers depended on her for their crops to do well.

In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter a story is told where Hera is looking for her lost daughter, and she makes the crops die, so the Greeks were very careful to please her.

A stone gate surrounds the temple.

NAXOS//

DAY 15 & 16

The sign for a family-run distillery in Naxos.

Inside the distillery is an atrium, with doors leading to separate rooms.

Inside two of the rooms are all of the machines where the Kitron is made.

A street common in the village of Chalki.

Vibrant flowers bloom and have grown up over the side of a house.

A beach in Naxos

Many visitors lay out in lawn chairs, although this beach is sandy so it is not a necessity.

A complimentary dip given at a restaurant on the port. They were seafood and beet dips.

Sunset over the Medieval part of the city.

The view of Naxos City inside from the port.

Great mountains lead to the countryside.

An ancient floor mosaic remains intact and is on display on the roof of the archaeological museum at Naxos City.

How to make kitron

with vallindras distillery

1.

"The production process starts with the collection of citron leaves when they are fully fragrant –that is, from September and possibly throughout the winter."

"After careful selection to exclude dry and diseased leaves, they are bathed in alcohol in a traditional pot still."

2.

3.

"The essential oils of the leaves are dissolved in the alcohol and the distillate gives three basic spirit types: white at 33 degrees, green at 30 degrees and yellow at 36 degrees."

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