Santorini: Days 2 & 3
Saturday, May 31, 2008

This trip has been amazing, so far, the next place has been better than the last. I know I said Mykonos was paradise, that would make Santorini SUPER Paradise. Is that even possible?

The last couple of days have been jam packed with things. I will preface this by saying that we are definitely keeping it vacation-style and waking up around 11 AM. The days are super long so we don't feel too bad. Yesterday we rented a car. Driving in Santorini is crazy, interesting, only for maniacs fun. We drove to the Black Beach, Red Beach and Oia. Last night we had an amazing dinner in Ammoudi Bay which consisted of octopus and stuffed eggplant. We've also had at least one gyro a day. I'm going to miss this place!

Today we did some souvenir shopping and then went in search of a church. Okay that sounds kind of weird since there is a church every 20 steps here. We were looking for the church that is in every picture of Santorini and the most famous church out here. Come to find out that the church is in THE most remote area possible. It's on the side of a cliff on a rock named Skaros, accessible only by a foot path, and not only that, but you can't even really see it until you get there. So, I talked Alex into taking the trek. We started our journey and there was absolutely no one else doing it. This was serious stuff...one wrong step and your swimming with the fishes. Literally. We went around the entire path until it ended..NOTHING. I was so disappointed. We made our way back and saw a couple coming from a tiny tiny narrow path below ours. We got curious and waited from them. In broken English, the German couple comfirmed that we took the wrong path and probably the hardest path. They were at the church so at least we know that it exists. We, and by that I mean me, were beat from the climb and the sun was merciless. So we are going to try again tomorrow. I know, we're crazy, but I can't leave here without a picture of that church! I'm on a mission now. I'll post pictures of Skaros and the church tomorrow (hopefully!)

In the meantime, here's a little of what we've done the last couple of days:

Black "sand" at Black Beach


The view from our balcony tonight:

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