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Describe what that might be isn’t that difficult. It is recipe. You must have one whole island with sandiest beach, one pot of azure sea, bluest sky with sunrises and sunsets, and of course someone to share your adventure, someone to hold her hand when both of you are looking sunset on horizon.

Someone to remind you to take your driving license because:”We will rent a car.” After all meeting Thasos Island for the first time is as like as with your first date. You will never forget it. All thrill start when you step from bus after long drive. At that moment early morning sea air wake you up in another land, in another dream, letting you to forget rough, go and go working life, telling you to take a deep breath of it and to look ahead. Thasos Island. In the distance, in the morning mist, in love. Crossing that firth on a ferryboat, standing in the fence with my Dearest, breathing that salty air, looking seagulls from close range in the fly almost to touch it, make to my senses even today when close my eyes to fill again the same. In the distance, in the morning mist, in peace…

…”Hey boy, wake up, it is our first day here get up”: sad my Dearest. Well that salty air is getting me to fall asleep in a blink of an eye. After we got a room and a key we went to town beach, take frappe (of course you in Italy you take espresso, when you in Greece you take frappe) and start to planning our adventure.
After that we went to first rant-a-car office to make arrangement for car, agreed for car and price. Lady starts to make our papers:”Please give me your driving license”. Hum, uh well license is not in this dream. It is a miles away. But lady was polite:”You can take an island round bus”. So it was.
On island there are three types of beaches. First one, town (crowdie, noise, You-seen-them-before). Second one distant, must-see, and third ones can get only with boat – lonely but amazing.
But after all we decide to take a shopping day. To go to Kavala . Well we need to get up really early so I took few picture of – Moonset. It was astonishing moment.
Sea was quiet, sleepy, night has dozing over sky letting stars to shine for us, waves hitting beach so yawningly and so easy. We drank our coffee, which by the way, was only awakening thing in that moment, and stared in the moon that was full, dazzling shined like a little coin ready to drop in that stilly sea.

Afterwards we were on the bus leading on nearest harbor to cross to continent. When we land, Kavala welcome us with morning rush, too much to see. We start with old town tower climbing on old narrow street on causeway. Old Tower, the highest point in town letting us to see, on the south: horizon, mixture of blue colors made of sea, sky, and clouds; mountain Athos; approaching ships to Kavala leaving white tail of waves, island Thasos. On the north we saw panorama of whole Kavala. People rushed to them known locations and theirs businesses. Old aqueduct of bricks razed city in two half’s letting us know how old this part of town is. They all know that sun is really hot after noontide, so all important things must be finished.
Our camera got busy morning, too.

At the way back to downtown lot of historical monument and houses-museums got our attention. Anyway our attention was attracted after all with small shops, shopping molls integrated in that old city architecture and of course discounts.
…and in all that rush suddenly all stopped… Everyone went to siesta. We did also.
After excellent gyro we were back on a ferry with seagulls again, and a view on an island which was waiting for us.
Days that come were full of surprises. Morning had awakened us like salty smell of wind that breaks night promising new taste of Thasos. We decide to go on foot to nearest beach on a few miles of our town. After some morning walk, we noticed several parked cars. That spot wasn’t on our map. We looked down hill on narrow path which lead to small beach. It was wild beach left for us to discover it. Razed between two great rocks sandy beach was hidden for lot of tourists who wood just pass on some vehicle. And the best part was water with some azure color recognizing all colors of reflecting sky, clouds on it, water, and sand beneath it. And while I was thinking about azure color, I heard Italian language behind me. Oh, they come here too. We spend rest of that day in that little oasis enjoying in every moment in swimming, sunning, diving.

One beach that is must-see on Thasos is Paradise beach. Again is small long path downhill of main road. Lot of high confer trees impede rest of view of coast. But when you come to beach, you realize that name is adequate. The dinkiest sand, small like salt, lead to sea. And the entrance at sea wasn’t deeper than half leg almost for half a mile. Sea was so cheerful with so small waves that smashed on beach and teas you to run trough that water like a child.

Our camera shooting session last more than an hour. That day last beyond nowadays. That dream was real as sound of that little waves that carried south winds on our eyes while we stared at beach trying to remember every detail from it before we left. But we will be back one day.

In that ten days we manage to visit several different beaches and they all make special impression on us. Thasos welcome us as good host, as good Greek cook who welcome his guest with great smile, mellow smell of diversities in his menu. And that guest always want to come back again for another portion of dreamy holiday.