Today was our official "beach day" on Santorini since it was our last day here:( We have been blessed w/wonderful weather every single day of this trip! I woke up right before the sun came up so we went out to the balcony off the bedroom and watched it come up over the sea and then went back to bed. I was up till past midnight working on putting orders in because just when I was finishing up Caleb emailed me w/some payments so I wanted to get those in before we leave here in case I don't have internet in Athens.
We got up for real about 8:00 and checked email, had breakfast, and then grabbed our beach gear and headed out at 9:30. We drove thru lots of vineyards (that's what they grow on this island) to a beach that had a very steep road down to it. So steep in fact that we weren't sure if our car would make it back up. Lots of people drive around on 4-wheelers here so we thought maybe it's not for cars because it was dirt. We drove down it anyway and found another beach w/really cool sandstone cliffs and black sand on the beach. Another really interesting thing on some of the beaches is these little white pebbles that actually float! These sandstone cliffs are in the most beautiful shapes molded by God using the wind and water. We saw a guy fishing and lots of lizards but no one else at that beach and it was kind of rocky under water so we decided to go on to a beach called "Red Beach". Oh yeah, David has no place to work out so he's resorted to lifting big rocks at the beach:)
As we drove up to "Red Beach" we saw lots of big red boulders in the water. I was really hoping to find a nice beach to lay out on and a place to snorkel but it didn't look very promising. We saw some people hiking up a trail to the right so we followed and after we came to the top we looked down and saw the beautiful red sand beach. It had giant red cliffs and turquoise water. Neither one of us had seen anything like it before. We spent a few hours laying out and snorkeling. The water was COLD though (to me) but there were lots of fish and it was crystal clear. The picture of the red and black pebbles is about 8 inches under water just to give you an idea of how clear it is. After snorkeling we lay in the warm sun and bought a bunch of grapes from an older Greek gentleman selling them on the beach. Took a nap and then headed back to Perissa where our apt is.
We stopped on the way back at an overlook of the Caldera which is the center of the volcano that sunk the middle of the island after it erupted. It's now filled w/sea water and the island is shaped like a thumbnail moon. We also stopped to see some ruins of 2 old mills and chatted w/a couple from Athens. He is a graphic artist and shooting pictures for a book on Greece w/his wife. We told him we are heading to Athens tomorrow and he asked where we were staying and I told him I can't pronounce the name. He laughed and said he's been speaking Greek since he was born and he has trouble pronouncing the names too!
Once we got home I showered and then fell asleep on the deck for a little while and then we got ready and went out to a pizza place that cooks the pizzas and bread over a wood fire. It was the best meal we've had so far! We shared a greek salad, warm bread dipped in olive oil, and pizza w/ham, salami, peppers, onions, and olives. It was probably the best pizza I've ever had.
We have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow and turn our car in at 6:00 so we can be at the port for our ferry to Pireaus, Athens that leaves at 7:00. It is an 8 hour ferry trip so I'm hoping to get some pictures edited for a Greece Gallery on my website.
Goodnight!
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