We got up around 5:30am to head out of our hostel and ride the metro to the port, where our ferry to Santorini left at 7:30am. We were all exhausted, so not long after boarding the ferry we found ourselves a spot on deck where we each pushed together a few chairs into makeshift beds. I got an hour or so of sleep and Tiffany and Faisal got a couple of hours. After that, we found some big, comfy leather chairs inside of the ship, where we chilled out for the remainder of the journey
We arrived in Santorini around 3:30pm and rented a car at the advice of Radu, our guide from the day before. It ended up only being 20 euros a day... Split between 4 people and that's not too shabby! The owner was trying to get our business, so he bargained with us and promised us a convertible with a top that goes "aaaall the way back". When we got our car, we realized that our "convertible" was a glorified sun roof. We told the salesman that the car was far from a convertible, to which he replied "no no I no say convertible! Maybe I say 'like a convertible' but I no say convertible!" we were annoyed, but decided to drop it and get in with our day
After 10 minutes of driving, we soon realized that none of the roads in Santorini have names or signs. We spent a good amount of time aimlessly driving around before asking for directions from a few different people. We finally made it to our hotel, checked in, then headed to the beach fortune remainder of the day
Tuesday:
This morning we drove to Red Beach, a beach on the island with red sand. Kathryn and I spent the whole day there whole Tiffany and Faisal, who prefer to explore, hiked parts of the island. We left the beach around 5:30 to head to dinner and after that, we explored Oia, the picturesque part of Santorini. We wandered around tons of white buildings with blue domed roofs before settling somewhere to watch the sun set. When the sun finally set, many people applauded because it was so beautiful, Kathryn and I took this romantic opportunity to start clapping and shout to everybody that Tiffany and Faisal had just gotten engaged (which they didn't). We attracted all sorts of attention (most of which was unwanted by Tiffany) and people even came up to congratulate the "happy couple". We got a huge laugh out of this and were very satisfied with ourselves.
We then returned home to our hotel where we hung out for the remainder of the evening. Back to Athens tomorrow!
στοργικά,
Katie
Photo: Sunset in Santorini
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