Greece Day 4 - Santorini 9/3/19

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8:00am 9/4 - I was so tired yesterday that when we got back from our winery and brewery tour, I had zero energy to even write this. Unfortunately we've slept rather poorly our entire time on Santorini. But back to yesterday....

We received a car rental at 9am, very interesting concept they actually bring you the car here! We got a little smart cabrio for the day, stone we wanted something really small and a little fun. We then set out. Everything here is only a few miles away but with the narrow windy roads it takes longer than expected. We arrived in Kamari and couldn't really find anything going on (this is what happen when you're planning a wedding and a big vacation at the same time!) so we didn't even stop and went immediately to Pyrgos, a cute little hilltop village that just goes uphill, uphill, uphill. We got some eggs for breakfast in a cafe in the main square and wandered a while before setting off for Emporio. We initially had a hard time finding the interesting part of this town but ended up finding it. It's also an uphill maze of windy alleys and crazy rounded architecture, almost reminding me of the smurfs.

After Emporio we drove to the southern part of the island and checked out the cool ruins of Ancient Akrotiri, which predate the volcano even creating Santorini! Also the ruins we covered in a shelter, which was very nice!

We then arrived back in Fira and left the car where they told us to, unlocked, with the keys inside it!?

We then found lunch at a quick place near where our tour was to depart, and then moved over to the coffee shop where we would meet our guide. There, I was even able to catch up for a few minutes with an old friend who happened to be here as well! Awesome! We then met our guide Nikolas and visited a brewery and three unique wineries - tasting a lot of things and getting some authentic Greek snacks in the process. It was a lot of fun even though I an not a big wine or beer persob. Nikolas then dropped us off at the parking lot near our airbnb and we basically crashed. Today it is a ferry to our next island Naxos!