Kos

So our ferry to Kos was much nicer than the one to Rhodes! It took about 4 hours to get here, but we wasted time by playing crib and drinking Corona's on the deck! I was quite excited to see that they had salmon on the menu, but unfortunately the fish i got wasn't actually salmon.. not too sure what happened there, but hey, go with it right? So when we got off the ferry we were going to go straight to a Lonely Planet recommended hotel but got roped in by a nice greek woman to come see her place.. note to self, do not get roped in to doing that.. haha.. but although we didn't end up staying at her place, she did give us a nice tour of the city while we walked the 5 min. to get there. So it was about 10pm when we reached the other pension that we wanted to stay at and was greeted by a man named John, or Yannis who was at times over helpful. He sat us down and immediatly showed us the book that people had wrote in about his place.. which was fine, but we were tired and just wanted to shower after the ferry ride.. but he continued to talk, got us a map and showed us all the places to see around Kos, and this was all even before he said anything about having a room available! But, eventually he said, ok you are tired? and showed us a room to stay in. We were tired, but forced ourselves to go out and see the nightlife of Kos. Now the bars here are nothing i have ever experienced before- and i'm not talking about the inside of the bar, cuz we never make it in, but standing outside the bars are "salespeople" for the bar and are like vultures calling to you and getting in your face about going and drinking at their bar.. it is so annoying - josh and i actually started pretending we were french and didn't speak english so they would leave us alone! We got out of there as fast as we could and ended up buying a bottle of wine at a local mini mart and sitting on our balcony.. much preferred..
The next day, yesterday, we ended up renting a car to explore the island- i was really stoked to drive in Greece, but my lack of knowing how to drive a standard left me to be a demanding back seat driver! But i think we worked well, josh drove, i navigated! We visited many sites we would not have been able to see if we went by bus, and the 35 euros it cost to rent the car was well worth it! We went all over the island, to 7 different beaches and to a spot recommended in Lonley Planet as the one for the best sunsets in Kos. It was great, we had a fabulous day, and decided that is the way to see an island.. in Patmos tho i think we are going to rent scooters as the island is smaller and less dangerous for scooters??
We ended our night at an outdoor cinema where we enjoyed Ocean's 13- we liked it a lot, and it was neat to be sitting under the stars watching a movie! How funny, my last cinema experience abroad was watching Ocean's 12 with my mom in Japan!
So here we sit waiting for 5pm for our ferry to Patmos. We are excited to be going to a small island, and are interested to know what lies ahead for the next couple of days!

hope you are all well-