The following is a chronological listing of what what Josh and I did on our vacation to Santorini. For Santorini pictures, click here.
5/27
- Traveled 32 hours straight
- Airline lost our checked baggage
- Got multiple bug bites that later turned into bloody blisters
- Checked into the hotel at 9:30 p.m.; was really, really grumpy from lack of sleep; couldn't decide whether I wanted to eat or sleep
- Akrotiri: closed due to an accident
- Lighthouse at southernmost point of island: could see the other end curling around
- Perissa's beaches: didn't know the protocol of umbrellas and chairs, so ate oranges and drank strawberry juice with feet propped up on rocks
- Hotel pool: awesome
5/29
- Thira: walked a lot; wanted to walk to Oia but found out how far it really was; beggar woman pushed me and scratched my arm with her nails
5/30
- Dives #1 and #2 with the Brits: Caldera and caves; saw fireworms and underwater formations; was extremely dehydrated afterwards; we both slept from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m.
5/31
- Oia ("ee-yah"): unique doors and stairs; donkeys; someone's vehicle had flown off the cliff on our way back
6/1
- Dives #3 and #4 with the Swedes: White Island; saw lots of very colorful fish that swam right up to me
- Lunch at Lucky's: the best gyros ever; cashier identified us as Californians right away, and was a really nice smoker dude who once lived in Glendale
- Sunset dinner at Oia: met a WA State Cougar who noticed Josh's UW T-shirt
6/2
- Ancient Thira: very long hike up
- Kamari: Josh decided to buy an Indiana Jones hat because he was sick of the sun; ate dinner at a restaurant on a street where solicitors were engaged in friendly competition with each other in getting customers; our side seemed to be losing
- Epic fail: I tried to drive stick (rental car) and got stuck in the middle of the road; we learned later that I was trying to start in third gear
