So today we're leaving the lsland of Santorini for another island
called Naxos which isn't too far away. We've spent 4 nights here on
Santorini and we have seen the most beautiful cities, beaches, and
towns! I don't even know where to begin! Hmmm...
DAY 1
We got here at about 3:30 in the afternoon, after a
pretty long ferry ride from Athens (which we came SO CLOSE to
missing after running through the rain from our hostel to the metro
with our friggen packs on!). We got off the boat and there were
hundreds of locals trying to convince us to stay at their hotel or
hostel, holding signs, yelling. It was kind of intimidating since
I've never experienced that before. We knew where we wanted to go
though and so we ended up choosing to go with this old man and his
wife to their villa-style hotels for 10 euro/night. It was so
cute! Only 3 mins walk from the Perisa Beach which is the most
famous beach on the island because the sand is not sand at all but
tiny little black (mostly) rocks from the volcano erruption
thousands from about 1650 BC!! You can actually SEE the hardened
lava underneath! The water was so clear and blue and not even that
cold! So when we arrived at our little villa (we have pictures) we
got our bathing suits on and went to the beach! haha It was so
great playing in the water! Oh ya, the drive up the side of the
island to get to the town of Perisa was the freakist thing ever cuz
you're zig-zagging all the way up on these tiny streets with 2-way
traffic and sharp turns that make you feel like you're gonna drive
right off the side! CRAZY! We pretty much just chilled out our
first night.
DAY 2
We woke up early and went back to the beach at
about 10am til about 3:30ish pm, Monique got burnt BAD. We
showered, got dressed and took the bus into Fira, the main city on
the island and whitnessed the most beautiful event I'd ever seen: the Sunset. Here's my journal entry from that:
"I'm in Fira looking...well gazing at paradise. The sun is close to
setting behind the volcano, calling an end to another beautiful day
in Greece, island of Santorini. It's truly amazing. I could die
now having seent he most incredible paradise. My eyes are moist.
There's classical music playing in the background. So many people
gathered to experience the beauty for themselves. I wish I could
give this gift to those I love."
The city is amazing, just a bunch of white villas, shops, and
restaurants perched one on top of the other with tiny pedestrian
streets manouevering in between them ascending and descending every
which way, all this on the side of the cliff. Magnificent.
DAY 3
We went to the Red Beach and rented an ATV to get there. It
was awesome! haha That beach wasn't the greatest cuz there was so
much sea stuff washing in on the shore, but the red cliffs were
something to see and so it made it worth it. We had to pretty much
hike into the beach area! We stayed from about 1 til about 5:30,
rode back, showered, dressed and went for dinner at this cute little restaurant where we shared some fantastic tzatziki, pitta with an olive pate, greek salad, and THE most succulent tortellini with mushrooms and pruscuto (ham) in a yummy white sauce! All for about 5 euro each!!
DAY 4
We did the Volcano Tour!! That was cool. We took a sail boat
out to the volcano, hiked up the friggen thing in the scorching
heat, got a little speal on the history of the volcano, learned that it's still active although it'll be many many years (like thousands) before a catastrophic eruption occurs, although the last time some it blew was in 1950 and only a bit of magma oozed out and a couple more craters were created. Pretty neat though. It blew up and created Santorini as we know it today in 1650 BC. Then we hiked
back down, sailed out to the hot springs which weren't all that hot
at all, and we had to jump off the boat into the sea and then swim
out to the springs. That was awesome. We then sailed out to the
island of Thirisia, had some lunch, lied out on the rocks before we
got back onthe boat to sail to Oia to watch the famous sunset.
There was no sunset though cuz it was cloudy by then. haha But the
city was amazing! We have pics I can't wait for y'all to see!!!
THE PLAN
So now we're getting stuff booked for our travels after Greece for
getting into Turkey to meet up with Monique's bro Paul. We'll be
spending 2 nights on Naxos and one night on Mykonos (the gay island
of Greece) and we leave the second night at like 1:20am for the
ferry to Samos, arriving at 7:20am, taking the international ferry
from Samos to Kussedesy Turkey and then from there a bus to
Istanbul. So we'll be in Turkey by September 26 and we'll have 3
weeks there!! I hope to write more on the other two islands before
we leave them. Until then, keep the emails coming cuz I do read
them I just don't always have time to write everyone back cuz it is
DAMN expensive for internet here!!
I wish you could all be here cuz
this is just friggen cool!!!
I'm havin the time of my life.
called Naxos which isn't too far away. We've spent 4 nights here on
Santorini and we have seen the most beautiful cities, beaches, and
towns! I don't even know where to begin! Hmmm...
DAY 1
We got here at about 3:30 in the afternoon, after a
pretty long ferry ride from Athens (which we came SO CLOSE to
missing after running through the rain from our hostel to the metro
with our friggen packs on!). We got off the boat and there were
hundreds of locals trying to convince us to stay at their hotel or
hostel, holding signs, yelling. It was kind of intimidating since
I've never experienced that before. We knew where we wanted to go
though and so we ended up choosing to go with this old man and his
wife to their villa-style hotels for 10 euro/night. It was so
cute! Only 3 mins walk from the Perisa Beach which is the most
famous beach on the island because the sand is not sand at all but
tiny little black (mostly) rocks from the volcano erruption
thousands from about 1650 BC!! You can actually SEE the hardened
lava underneath! The water was so clear and blue and not even that
cold! So when we arrived at our little villa (we have pictures) we
got our bathing suits on and went to the beach! haha It was so
great playing in the water! Oh ya, the drive up the side of the
island to get to the town of Perisa was the freakist thing ever cuz
you're zig-zagging all the way up on these tiny streets with 2-way
traffic and sharp turns that make you feel like you're gonna drive
right off the side! CRAZY! We pretty much just chilled out our
first night.
DAY 2
We woke up early and went back to the beach at
about 10am til about 3:30ish pm, Monique got burnt BAD. We
showered, got dressed and took the bus into Fira, the main city on
the island and whitnessed the most beautiful event I'd ever seen: the Sunset. Here's my journal entry from that:
"I'm in Fira looking...well gazing at paradise. The sun is close to
setting behind the volcano, calling an end to another beautiful day
in Greece, island of Santorini. It's truly amazing. I could die
now having seent he most incredible paradise. My eyes are moist.
There's classical music playing in the background. So many people
gathered to experience the beauty for themselves. I wish I could
give this gift to those I love."
The city is amazing, just a bunch of white villas, shops, and
restaurants perched one on top of the other with tiny pedestrian
streets manouevering in between them ascending and descending every
which way, all this on the side of the cliff. Magnificent.
DAY 3
We went to the Red Beach and rented an ATV to get there. It
was awesome! haha That beach wasn't the greatest cuz there was so
much sea stuff washing in on the shore, but the red cliffs were
something to see and so it made it worth it. We had to pretty much
hike into the beach area! We stayed from about 1 til about 5:30,
rode back, showered, dressed and went for dinner at this cute little restaurant where we shared some fantastic tzatziki, pitta with an olive pate, greek salad, and THE most succulent tortellini with mushrooms and pruscuto (ham) in a yummy white sauce! All for about 5 euro each!!
DAY 4
We did the Volcano Tour!! That was cool. We took a sail boat
out to the volcano, hiked up the friggen thing in the scorching
heat, got a little speal on the history of the volcano, learned that it's still active although it'll be many many years (like thousands) before a catastrophic eruption occurs, although the last time some it blew was in 1950 and only a bit of magma oozed out and a couple more craters were created. Pretty neat though. It blew up and created Santorini as we know it today in 1650 BC. Then we hiked
back down, sailed out to the hot springs which weren't all that hot
at all, and we had to jump off the boat into the sea and then swim
out to the springs. That was awesome. We then sailed out to the
island of Thirisia, had some lunch, lied out on the rocks before we
got back onthe boat to sail to Oia to watch the famous sunset.
There was no sunset though cuz it was cloudy by then. haha But the
city was amazing! We have pics I can't wait for y'all to see!!!
THE PLAN
So now we're getting stuff booked for our travels after Greece for
getting into Turkey to meet up with Monique's bro Paul. We'll be
spending 2 nights on Naxos and one night on Mykonos (the gay island
of Greece) and we leave the second night at like 1:20am for the
ferry to Samos, arriving at 7:20am, taking the international ferry
from Samos to Kussedesy Turkey and then from there a bus to
Istanbul. So we'll be in Turkey by September 26 and we'll have 3
weeks there!! I hope to write more on the other two islands before
we leave them. Until then, keep the emails coming cuz I do read
them I just don't always have time to write everyone back cuz it is
DAMN expensive for internet here!!
I wish you could all be here cuz
this is just friggen cool!!!
I'm havin the time of my life.
