Before we went to bed last night we got to go out on the big private balcony off of the loft bedroom (it was locked before & they dropped off the key yesterday). We watched the moon rise over the mountain. So pretty. This morning no alarm! I got up about 7:30, answered my email and did a tiny bit of work and then we had some breakfast on the balcony and then we did our James Bible Study out on the big balcony.
After that we grabbed a bottle of water and dried banana chips and of course the cameras and headed out. Today we drove just a couple of blocks from where our apt is to the base of the mountain. The trail head to ancient Thira is almost in our backyard. We hiked first up to a little church and then up to Thira. The sun is so bright here. We were expecting to just hike up (45 min) then look around for 15 minutes or so and then back down. Little did we know that the ruins of this village are a big deal. A lot of ruins, lots to see, information to read. These people didn't just make shelter, they built w/pillars and carvings and it dates back to 3 b.c. It really was very impressive and the view from up there was amazing! I even took a picture of the property we are staying at. We are in the round topped part w/the balcony door that we accidentally left open. We ended up staying up there for quite awhile and didn't get back down for lunch until almost 2:00.
Our plan was to spend the afternoon at the local beach but instead we just layed out on our balcony and then went into town for some shopping and dinner. One of the masks we brought leaks a little and we'd like to do some snorkeling tomorrow so we wanted to get a new one. We walked along the beach a little and then had supper at a nice restaurant right across the street from the water. One thing that's really different than America is that eating out here can take forever. We will sit at the table after we are done eating for such a long time and they will not bring the bill unless you ask. I think they would think our restaurants are terribly rude to bring your bill before you ask for it and even while you are still eating!
After dinner we came home and I've been working on filling orders for the past hour. I never have been able to get my laptop hooked up to the cable internet here and I'm afraid that Athens will be the same hook up but at least here there's a house computer that I've been able to use. So if I don't blog in Athens, you'll all know why. Waiting on one more order to go thru and I'm calling it a night.
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