Day 1 pics HERE and day 2 pics HERE. (Sorry this didn't go up last night the internet was being cranky at the airbnb).
3:00pm Greece time: Resting at our cool airbnb cave house in Oia, Santorini to start our three-week Greece adventure after an exhausting couple of days. What day IS it even??!
I did not blog yesterday because frankly we were too tired. Before 8am on Friday we received notification from Lufthansa that our flight from LAX-Munich was going to be so delayed we were going to miss our connection to Santorini. I immediately called Lufthansa and we were rebooked to LAX-Chicago-Munich-Santorini, arriving same time. We went for it but it meant we had to leave about 3 hours earlier. Matt rushed home from work and we rushed to LAX. Everything from there, thankfully, was pretty smooth sailing. The Munich airport lived up to reputation and was not only easy to connect through but on a Saturday afternoon, an epic ghost town. The only hiccup was that our flight to Santorini was about 45 minutes delayed due to an EU air traffic issue, which was of course just long enough of a delay to miss sunset from our airbnb by like 20 minutes. Oh well, we have tonight!
Our airbnb is a cave house right on the cliffs in Oia with amazing views and our own little jacuzzi. The host arranged our airport transfer, which was great. After checking in and taking some pictures, we wandered into town and sat down for a quick dinner at the first decent-looking place we encountered. We had a Greek salad (naturally), delicious Santorini fried tomato balls, and a local tomato garlic spaghetti. Matt had fun explaning to the waiter what kickball is! After dinner, we wandered around and browsed as most of the shops were still open. We then went to bed though neither of us slept particularly well.
Today, we meandered over to the bus station, getting chocolate donuts and delicious iced cappuccino on the way. We then took the bus to Imerovigli, near the main town Thira, and walked the tail end of a long footpath/hike. Luckily, this direction was mostly downhill. Along the way there were great views. We got to Thira around 10am and wandered down the lanes and in and out of some cute shops.
Around 11:30am, we were hungry and ate at a little cafe in town called Eleni. Matt got pizza, and I got a grilled chicken breast. During lunch the wind really kicked up. That does not bode well for all the boat rides we have booked during the first half of this trip! After lunch we meandered down to the bus station and caught the 12:30pm bus back to Oia, arriving just after 1pm. It was pretty hot by this point but we wandered through town a bit more and bought some souvenirs and here we are at the airbnb relaxing until sunset!
10:30pm - back at the airbnb after a a long rest followed by watching the amazing sunset from our balcony, then a delicious dinner at Skala. We had this crumbly cheese melted with tomatoes and peppers and a smoked pork chop. Matt also had tzatziki and tried ouzo for the first time. I tried to order the fried tomato balls again but they were out. It was probably for the best because we had too much food anyway. Stopped at the bakery Melenio on the way back and got a piece of delicious caramel cake to bring back to the airbnb for dessert. And now it is definitely tine for bed and hopefully a better night sleep! Tomorrow we are doing a sunset cruise around the island and I am just hoping I don’t get too seasick!
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