We left Athens early Sunday morning for a 7 hour ferry ride to Santorini. Luckily we were able to watch a couple movies during the trip to make the time pass a little faster.
It seems we picked the right time to visit the Greek isles, apparently their busy season doesn't start until next month so we haven't had to deal with any crowds or exorbitant prices in Santorini. Yesterday, Monday, we were planning to rent 4 wheelers to get around the island but instead got talked into renting a Suzuki Jimmy for only 20 Euros, the ATVs were going to cost 15 each. The car worked out really well for getting around the island, I would've been pretty hesitant to take a four wheeler down some of the roads we were on yesterday.
We went to three different beaches yesterday afternoon, Kamari, Perissa and the Red Beach. I thought that the fact that all three were pebble beaches would be nice, because i don't really like sand, but i was quickly proven wrong. The black pebbles were too hot to walk barefoot on, but if you wore flip flops your foot would sink in and they'd get stuck between your sandal and foot, ouch.
The red beach was an adventure unto itself. We parked in the designated lot assuming that the beach would be right around the corner. In a way it was, right around the corner on the other side of the cliff. So after about a ten minute hike we were able to swim for a little bit, before hiking back to the car.
We drove to the opposite end of the island to the small village of Ia, which is supposedly the most beautiful place in Greece to watch the sunset. I can't tell you whether or not that's true, because about an hour before it would have set the sun disappeared behind the first cloud I've seen since we got to Greece.
After almost watching the sunset we drove back to the main town where our hotel is, a got a late dinner. We tried once again to go out, here we found the one downside to coming before the busy season, all of the bars and clubs are empty.
This afternoon we'll be getting back on the ferry to head to Paros for two nights.
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I find it funny that you don't like sand still and commented on it during your fabulous once-in-a-lifetime European trip...I remember toting you across the sand at 4 or 5 years old in Myrtle Beach at one point in your life (didn't know your step-cousin was reading about your vacation, did ya?)
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