Mags and I fiiiinally made it to Santorini. We took a ferry at the crack of dawn and made it down, sleeping the whole way. And by sleeping I mean curling up in obscure positions where some body part falls asleep at least 10 minutes in and you have to readjust, fall back asleep and repeat the whole process over again.
We made it to our lovely hotel/hostel which is really cheap and the owners are amazing. The woman's name is Artemis and her husband is so cute as well. She was giving us the low-down on what to do around Perissa and the island and she burped a few times.
In her broken English, "Exscuse mee. I just aaate. Dis is why I..."
Our kind of girl.
So then Mags and I got unpacked (We get to stay 2 whole days!) and walked over to the beach. We ate at my favorite restaurant again and realized we hadn't really eaten anything that day. I ate a whole pizza and it was dericious. We then headed back to the hotel to sort out how to get to Oia for the famous sunset.
After waiting for a bus for a long time in the sweltering, yes sweltering 40C degree heat we got on a bus. The buses here are a cut above; coach with air conditioning. How they maneuver through the streets is beyond me. We made it to Thera where we caught another bus to Oia and walked around to watch the sunset. Mags and I stopped at a cafe overlooking the sight and drank Vinsanto, a sweet dessert wine, and waited for the sun to set. It was special, again. We got some great shots of the sun setting through our small wine glasses which may be one of my top pictures I have taken yet.
After that we made our way slowly back to Perissa and went to the beach to go eat dinner.
This is where things got interesting. Our waiter was cute and could tell we sat down close to the tv projecting the AC Milan-Sevilla Euro Cup final. He asked me who I was supporting and I said AC because I have some Italian futbol loyalties. At that point, AC was losing 1-0. I said that AC would come back and win 3-1 and he agreed that if they did, our meals were free. If not, they were double the price.
If you know anything about me, you know NEVER TO BET AGAINST ME. 1 goal down, 2 and then the third from none other than my favorite player Kaka. He got a bit nervous and turns out our meal wasn't free. But, we did get enormous free Mythos (mythical) beers out of the thing. And we scored info on where to go out in Thera tonight.
Off to rent an ATV and tool around the island. I am sure it will provide plenty of information for the next blog...
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