hot rocks and hotter ferry rides

Hello! I’m writing this from our ferry ride from Naxos to Piraeus. I’m beginning to dread these boat rides, because they are so long and hot. We travel on these huge ships for like 6 hours, packed in with a billion other people, and there’s very little breeze. It suuucks. But anyways. We went to Santorini from Monday until yesterday and it was great. The island is one big mountain so you have to ride a bus/car up these tiny winding roads. Which when you have 13 people packed into a tiny 8 person van its so scary. I felt like Santorini was geographically one of the prettiest places we’ve been to so far, but architecturally it really wasn’t anything special. I only saw a few of the blue domed buildings that it’s known for. I felt like Athens and Mykonos had more beautiful buildings and places. But. We went to the red sand and black sand beaches on Santorini and they were so awesome. Well except that there was no sand at those beaches just red and black rocks, which get sooooo hot. For the red beach we had to hike over part of the mountain to get to it, but it was so worth it. The hills and cliffs were stained with red rocks everywhere, and there was actual sand on one section of the beach, and it was black! It was very cool. On our last night in Santorini we all ate at this restaurant and had probably the best food we’ve had in all of Greece. I had a cuttlefish dish that was served over rice with tomatoes and onions, and some of the other dishes were, a salad with a piece of grilled cheese and a sundried tomato dressing, linguini in a cream sauce with zucchini, mint, and soft goat cheese, some sort of veal dish, some baked eggplants stuffed with peppers and feta, and lots more. So good. Also, Santorini had a little stand where you could get falafel gyros (and regular ones) that were the best ever. Overall, it was a good trip. I’m looking forward to getting to Siphnos tomorrow and seeing what that city is like. I'll post some more pictures when I'm on a faster internet connection tonight.

Bus drive up the hill

View out the window

Black Sand Beach

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Red Sand Beach