We were taken by van, with our Oshawa friends, to the port to wait an hour for the ferry. It was hot and sunny so we found some shade and chatted until we were called to the gate to wait. We took the boat called "High Speed 6". It was very big and quite empty so we sat where we wanted. The trip was quick - maybe 40 minutes. After we arrived we went to find our airtransat representative (i.e. someone holding an airtransat sign) and were told which bus to get on to take us to our hotel.
We arrived and it was a little chaotic as people were trying to check in all at once. I felt kind of crummy, hot and light headed which was a bummer. I'm not sure if it was the heat, dehydration, hunger, motion sickness or some combination of them.
The hotel is nice but no palace like the last one. We're on the first floor and our room and window opens to an indoor courtyard - boring! Ah well, have to have the mediocre to appreciate the grand!
We stopped at the grocery store across the street to replenish our snack and water needs, then wandered to town and found food (gyros!! (pronounced "yeeros". We could eat them every day).
We then had our orientation meeting with our trip rep and she talked about some excursions, the island and answered our questions. We then opted to stay by the pool for a bit before going for dinner. I'm quite tired today and was trying not to fall asleep at the pool.
We headed to the grocery store for a second time to pick up more water and some granola bars for our hike tomorrow from Fira (where we're staying) to Oia (pronounced "eeya") - about a 3-4 hour hike along the coast. We did something similar in Italy (Cinque Terre) and it was pretty amazing. Tripadvisor says this is the #1 thing to do in Santorini. We'll go right after breakfast to be done for lunch. Hopefully it's not too too hot; we'll be at the water so hopefully that will help.
Our guidebook suggested a restaurant called Naoussa for sunset view and moussaka. We thought we'd seek it out and we were lucky to be able to get a table on the roof to watch the sunset (most were reserved). It was goregous!! I'm talking stunning oranges and pinks over an island in the bay. We both ordered the homemade moussaka. Jeff said he would have eaten it up to his eyeballs it was so good. And it was! That leaves only one more item on our 'to-eat' list (and this is a late addition), baklava (dessert).
We wandered through the shops area after dinner; most of them are tourist focused (clothing, jewelry, trinkets) but it was a beautiful sight to see it all lit up at night. I took a dozen photos at least!
We tried to find the start of our hike for tomorrow but didn't - we think we were pretty close though. I guess we'll see in the morning.
We headed back toward our hotel and again went to the grocery store (3rd time is the charm) because I forgot clothing soap. I know it's only been a week but when you sweat through everything, clean bras, underwear and shorts need to be replenished! I washed them in the shower and have hung them to dry. Hopefully they will dry pretty well overnight.
I'm pretty pooped today. We're a week in (halfway) and have had a great time so far. We're now preparing for this leg of the adventure without going too crazy (although a 4 hour hike sounds a littl nuts, lol).
I'm hitting the hay. I'll post tomorrow to let you know I survived the walk along the coast!
Amanda xoxo
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