My Island Get Away

Santorini -

We spent 4 days (kinda) and 3 nights on the Greek island of Santorini. The day we got there it was already kind of late as we had to take an 8 hour ferry. So the only thing we did was check out the local shops, get our shot glasses and postcard, get dinner and scope out activities for the next day. 

The first full day we woke up, went out and had breakfast and rented an ATV for only 15 euro’s all day, great deal if you ask me. We took the ATV and explored the beach coast line as far as it would take us, found our favorite spot and grabbed two sun beds and an umbrella. The drinks were insanely expensive so we only had one each. After we had our fair share of laying around in the sun we hopped back on our ATV to explore the island some more, we found an awesome little spot to watch the sun set and enjoy another crazy expensive drink. After we were done and had our fill of crusing around with our big ugly helmets on we went back to our hostel and turned in the ATV, walked down to the beach and the both of us played a little beach volley ball, (kinds funny side note) kayla and i met in PE class where we played volley ball, lets just say i didn’t fall in love with her for her skills on the court haha. 

Our ATV

The next day was a full lazy day on the beach, i bought some goggles (which ended up not working...) brought the volley ball and a towel. We lounged in the sun and just hung out all day. This time i brought my own drink as it was much cheaper to buy a pint from the store than it was to drink on the beach all day. After a full day of laying on the beach we got dinner at the place that gave us the free umbrella and sun beds (part of the deal i guess) we got a delicious potato (twice baked) and a ham and four cheese pizza which was surprisingly delicious. after trying to talk to the waitress (who didn’t speak very good english) about trying some swordfish, we ended up buying a whole steak of swordfish which i guess was the only way to sample it. It was surprisingly normal,  a little fishy tasting but it was ok. Another one and only time kinda thing. 

That night we went home and got in our first little argument, i was cranky, she was cranky it was just a bad combo. we both got over it and went to bed just in time to get up and pack up yet again (i’m getting sick of living out of a back pack) to catch another eight hour ferry back to athens. 

Santorini wasn’t the most gorgeous place i’d ever seen, don’t get me wrong it was beautiful but it wasn’t to die for or anything. It was a nice place to relax and recharge the batteries for the rest of our trip. I would go back but i’m not dying to go back. It wasn’t very green, and the sand wasn’t very fine, it was more like little rocks than it was sandy beaches. When you go out into the water its one big rock, as Santorini was at one point the victim of a volcano. This made it kind of difficult to make your way into the water as it was slippery volcanic rock underneath the water for as far as you could touch. The water was beautiful and the sights were amazing but i felt it was missing some color, or maybe i’m just spoiled back home with all the green everywhere.

Santorini as a whole 9 - I’d love to come back, i would love nothing more than to just hang out and lay on the beach, but i’m not dying to come back.

The Greek Language: 7 - kinda like a mix between German and Italian, some glimpses of elegance with some rather harsh sounds mixed in.

The attractiveness of the (local) people: 9 - The local people we very attractive (a lot of people just going topless on the beaches too... kinda weird at first).

Expensiveness: 6 (not bad at all) - the food here was fairly cheap, one of the cheapest so far, the room wasn’t too bad either and the fact that you can get an ATV which allows you to drive all over the island for under 30 euros once you factor in gas... sounds like a great deal to me!

Sights to see: 6 - Not much to see or do here but hang out on the beach, we never did go to the Volcano ruins but thats cause we were here to relax..

Food: 7 - nothing too impressive, but not bad either.