greek boys and other hotel treats

We found a beautiful Greek boy for Gabby, who was our bartender in the hotel's pool bar. Then he started asking us about "how big was the Gay scene in San Francisco" which is about on par with Gabby's luck.

The hotel has been pretty awesome, leaving us new treats in our room every day. Last night we came home to a bottle of liquer and two plates of candied fruits. Considering that they're probably both very sweet, we haven't eaten or drank any of it yet.

Now we have just finished breakfast and today we plan on relaxing all day at the beach. We need a little bit of rest after all of the volcano hiking and swimming in the Mediterranean we did yesterday.

UPDATE: At the beach, the bottles of beer they served were a full liter!

On our last night in Santorini, we ate dinner at a 400 year old winery. Very medieval feeling. The food was, of course, delicious.

The First Full Day

The jet lag hit us last night and we slept almost 12 hours until 6am this morning. We ate an incredible breakfast here at the hotel. We explored Meglachori (where our hotel is) on foot and found a vineyard and the edge of some cliffs that shot straight down into the ocean. A breathtaking surprise on our walk own a dirt road!

Then we headed to Fira. The town was touristy, but still cool.

Sailed on a Scooner from the 18th century, walked a couple miles on an island created by an underground volcano (that sunk half of Santorini to begin with), drank some beer, dove into the mediteranean for a swim in some sulfur mud ocean water, came back aboard, drank some wine, listened to some guy ply the saxophone, and then watched the sunset. I'd say we won today.

Now we're off to drink more wine and write some postcards. so long for now...

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The trip has been amazing so far. Got in midday yesterday, shared a taxi cab with some other folks from the airport, and then finally made it to our beautiful and rustic hotel. When the autographed headshot of Angelina Jolie from Tomb Raider greeted us in the entry way, we knew we were staying in the lap of luxury.

So far the food has been amazing (at the hotel pool restaurant at least) and we plan on eating at he 400 year old winery restaurant on our last night.

We're off to sip a drink poolside and then catch a bus to Fira, a city that was built on the edge of a cliff where an ancient volcano exploded and took half of the island into the sea. Bye for now!