Santorini, land of lovers.

6/25

Sunday on Santorini goes down as another one of my favorite days.

We started off the day trying to find out if we could switch our ferry reservations from Mykonos to Ios... It was the longest debate. We knew we wanted to go to another island, and we would be leaving on Monday, but all of the tourists we were asking said Ios is such a good time, and to go there. Asking the locals, everyone said Mykonos is the better island and was more fun. We ended up trusting the locals, and are thus on Mykonos at the moment.

Anyway, santorini. We rented ATVs and decided to explore the island. It's really really easy to rent them , and about half of the people on the island are using ATVs or motorcycles to get around. There was really just a few main roads, so we decided to wing it and see where we ended up!

We ended up at a lighthouse at one end of the island. Driving around the island, we literally felt like we were in a postcard. It's hard to not stop every 5 minutes to take a photo, though I took a lot... What can I say, I'm my mothers daughter!

Next we found Red Beach.

So, so beautiful. Santorini is a volcano, so all of the beaches have volcanic ash and rocks instead of sand. Red beach, obviously, has red ash. There is also Perissa beach, which was right near our hostel, which had black ash. 

We enjoyed some grilled corn and followed the signs to Fira, the capital. We parked, and got some lunch. I tried a gyro! So, yes, I've been a pescetarian for 11 years now. But that gyro was seriously mouth watering. Hate to say it, but it's true, definitely the best meat I've eaten thus far (in my opinion).

We shopped and talked to th locals running a lot of the boutiques- they were mostly young girls. It was very easy to strike up conversation, because everyone is so friendly. We've discovered most Greek people are willing to help confused tourists, and are excited to share their culture with us.

That night, we went to a beach club playing live music with, well, basically our whole hostel. We started dancing to the band, starting the party for the older crowd to join in. Best part was the wonderful sea breeze that swept into the open club, cooling everyone off.

The next morning, the owner of our hostel was going to give us a lift to the port to catch our ferry to Mykonos. On the way, we picked up a 10 year old boy, and stopped to get some watermelons from a fruit stand on the side of the road. Guess he had some errands to run along the way!