Post office: like in Italy, can’t get packaging supply from post office. Have to go to bookstore, which sells everything from cigarrettes to office supplies. Cheap postal services.
Lunch at sea side (the last time for a while). Visited hotels on the cliff. 80-100 euros at this time of the season. 50% higher in peak seaon.
Hazy weather but no winds. When it blows, it blows.
Arrving Athina. Apartment impression: new, clean, comfortable towls, modern toilets. Noise streets. Heart of residential area. Not many tourists. Couldn’t find restaurants: cafes or fast food only.
Windy, cloudy day.
Took the Sunset tour at 4pm.
Don’t believe the sail boat crap. Yesterday fooled us to think no sails because no wind. Today the same boat, still no sail.
Still no great sunset. But good moon light.
Had dinner at a locally recommended restaurant. No menu. Meals written on a board in Greek. Waiters always started with “if you don’t speak English, we are in trouble”
Memory test.
A very very beautiful island. Volcano results. Related to Crete? Stayed too far away from town center. greedy, bad agent. 52/20! Local’s lament. Hitched a taxi to Thira. Info center does everything. Nice agent. One of the few fluent in English. Nice hotel rooms. Booked two tours. Cable car ride down to old port. Beatiful locations/houses, etc. 100% US tourists on the boat. Beautiful weather. Little wind. No sail. Hotspring. Mountain goats. Miniture church. Volcano. Dusty trail. Young volcano. From 1600bc to 1950 no stop. 6 eruptions documented. Liu Huang gas still abandent at the top of the crater. Beautiful view of thira and ia. black, red rocks, little vegetation, pure white houses like snow cap. crystal clear water. donkey ride up. a little scary. smelled like a zoo. better than cable car? same price! bus ride to Ia to see sunset. Thrones of people. Hill top like a chinese beach. Many many people with all kinds of camera. Sunset anticlimatic. still beautiful. golden colored. dancing couple. very romantic.
moon is even better. reflection on the calm sea. hill town in the dust, in the night.