On Saturday, we were exhausted once again and had to force ourselves
out of bed around 10. We were not
sure where to eat breakfast, but compared to the other close cafés, we really
liked the restaurant from the day before.
We walked right in and ordered.
This time I got a waffle with fruit and chocolate and a cappuccino
without the heap of whipped cream!
Another great breakfast to start off our second beach day! I was wearing my favorite Ole Miss
tanktop from Jenna and as we were walking up the street, a car passed and
yelled “Hotty Toddy.” I freaked
out, turned around and yelled “gosh almighty” as they were clapping in the
car! I could not wait to get on
the bus and text Jenna about it!
So awesome!
We had decided to return to the red beach, since we really liked it
from the afternoon before. As we
walked down the cliff, we noticed that the beach was packed! Tons of people had chosen to do the same
thing as us, so we stayed for just a bit, dipped in the ocean and boarded the
boat for the black beach. It was
much less crowded, so we were able to sprawl out, enjoy the water and even get
another snack at the beach restaurant around 4. We got frappes, which is a traditional Greek coffee drink
recommended to us by our favorite Athenian taxi driver, Dimitris, as well as
French fries and saganaki, a deep fried piece of feta cheese, which is dipped
in tatziki sauce! It was
fantastic! Walking back to the
boat, we passed countless topless women, some that definitely should not have
been topless. Haha! Dan was shocked. At one point, Dan had rolled his suit
up to imitate the local Speedos and I took a picture, accidentally sniping a
topless Italian woman in the background.
I panicked thinking she or her husband would track me down on account of
the indiscrete photo… We returned to Akrotiri by boat afterwards, and then to Summer Time for a shower and to prepare for an evening back in Oia. We dressed up really nice, after
learning our lesson last time when we looked like white trash walking down to
see the sunset. As we left the
hotel, even the employees commented on our good looks. Haha! We ended up just missing the bus, so we
decided to return to the hotel, restock on some Mythos and walk around until
the next bus in 40 minutes. When
we returned and continued talking to the hotel workers, we realized that
we would be leaving around 5:30AM the next day, Sunday, and needed to settle
our bill right then. The very kind
and very pretty receptionist helped us divide the bill and charge our cards. Afterwards, we caught the next bus to
Oia and pledged to stay together to avoid any drama like last time. Since we had missed the majority of the
sunset on the ride, we just walked around the beautiful streets and meandered
in and out of the shops. We
returned to a restaurant that we had eyed the last time and decided to eat
there. This was the best meal of
the trip so far. I ordered chicken
in a white, cheese, and cream sauce with a sweet and spicy sauce on top with
some rice, potatoes and mineral water.
Dan got meatballs and Lauren chose pork medallions. It was fantastic. I completely cleared the plate, which I
never do, but it is becoming a habit here in Greece. Most likely due to a combination of me being completely famished and the food being really, really good! It was pricier than most meals, but definitely worth it to
top off our last night in Greece!
After dinner, we moseyed back through the tiny streets of Oia,
stopping every 15 feet for Dan to take a picture, then returned on the bus to
pack and, unfortunately, to set out alarms for 5AM! I quickly wrote several postcards, since this was my last
chance to get them done and mailed form Greece without wasting my postage! I decided to simply run them to the
postbox the next morning, instead of venturing out late at night. Just as Lauren and I were falling
asleep, Dan, who was incessantly fiddling with his Facebook photo uploads,
decided to call it a night and piddled around under my bed with all lights
blaring, in order to charge his stupid electronics. Once again shaving valuable minutes off of our much-needed
sleep and thus, resuming his bull-in-a-china-shop-ways. I told him I hope this bull gets
slaughtered by a matador in Madrid!!
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| Red Beach with a few more people |
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| My two topless, European friends |
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| Oia, Greece |
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