What an amazing two days we've had! Yesterady we started the day in Oia with some shopping. Anna and I both bought earrings that we love! The people in all the shops were so sweet and talkative. We really enjoyed the day there. For dinner we had a fabulous meal at a restaurant with an incredible view. We had a wonderful eggplant appetizer with feta and tomatoes. For dinner I had the best lamb dish and then for dessert we split a chocolate soufflé. The people next asked "what part of the south are you from?" shocker to get this question. We told him Alabama and then we had a great chat with them. They also gave us tips on places to eat in Boston-another trip soon!
After our wonderful meal, we headed back to Fira. We knew that everyone was going to ask if we had tried ouzo while we were here. We asked the man at the reception to recommend a good non "sketcy" bar. He said, "sketchy? I do not know this word. What does it mean?" We explained to him that we meant a safe bar with no werid old men. He responded, "This is not Mykanos. Everywhere is safe!" We ended up at a bar with an Alabama tag on the wall. Small world! The bar tender wasn't sure we would like the ouzo so he let us try it. GROSS!!!! We did not like it at all. Yuck yuck yuck! We tried a local beer instead. Then headed to bed.
The first thing this morning was donkey riding. First we had to walk down to the old port which took about thirty minutes to get down. The donkey rides are not nearly as glamourous as in the movies. It smelled like donkeys, people were everywhere, donkeys were running down the path and we had to stand on the side trying to avoid donkeys stepping on us. This was not my idea of fun and my hatred for large animals came rushing back to me. I decided to take the cable cars back up to the main town. Anna was a trooper and stuck out the donkey ride. I don't regret my decision at all! While in line for the cable car I chatted with the two sweetest old sisters. One was from Maine and the other Sweden. We had a great time waiting in line. Anna and I have met people from everywhere, so fun!
After the donkey chaos, we boarded a bus to head to the beach. The black sand beach was so interesting. Nothing like our white sand at the Gulf. One of the restaurants had chairs outside so we sat and had a cabana boy serve us while we soaked up the sun. Not a bad afternoon! The water was freezing and the black sand really easy to clean off our feet. Wonderful! Back on the bus for dinner in Fira.
We showered and got ready for our last meal on the island. Our favorite things have been eggplant, Greek salads, and yogurt with honey. So for dinner we split all these things one last time and watched the famous sunset again. It was the perfect end to a lovely stay in Greece. The number one thing we've heard from the locals here is "are you sisters?" second would have to be "are you form Australia?" I think people are a little thrown by the accent, but it makes it super fun!
As we were leaving the hostel in Athens, the man at the front desk said, "don't fall in love!". We laughed as were headed out to the ferry. But after three days here, we've both fallen in love. We love the sunsets, the people, the views, the food, the beaches, the crazy drivers, and most of all the Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts. We fell in love. Not with a boy, but with a beautiful island! We will return soon Santorini, we LOVE you! On to Rome tomorrow, can't wait to see you Mom and Dad!
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