I am sitting in an Internet cafe on the island of Santorini in Greece. I am supposed to be on a ferry back to Athens, but our ferry was canceled due to high winds. That means that we will miss our flight back to Madrid and I will miss my first class on Monday. The trials and tribulations of travel! Well, until now we've had a great time here in Greece. Actually, now we're really not having a bad time; we're just having a good time a little bit longer than we thought we would!
Santorini is gorgeous, but definitely feels like a ghost town in the middle of the winter. Yesterday we rented a Smart Car and cruised around the island! It was so much fun. I've always wanted to drive a Smart Car (or Coche Inteligente, as AVP calls them). :) The island is really small. It's long and skinny, and the length is only about fifteen miles I think. So, we saw EVERYTHING (at least once). The island is unique because the landscape was formed when a volcano exploded, creating huge black cliffs on the west coast and black sand beaches on the east coast. Green farmland and whitewashed towns contrast against the black landscapes. I took tons of pictures and will post them when (if?) I get back to Madrid.
We've been eating well, mostly enjoying the plethora of Feta cheese. It's SO GOOD! They bake it in foil with olive oil, oregano, tomatoes, onions, and hot peppers. I've also eaten lots of lamb...Souvlaki (which I think just means grilled meat, but sometimes they cut it off of a big huge hunk that is rotating on a pole over heat), Gyros, Pitas. I decided that the Greeks really know how it eat. Sorry, Paco, but it's better than Spanish food!
Well, I'm signing off now. Hopefully we'll be able to board that nine hour ferry tomorrow so we can get back to "real life" (as real as life feels in Madrid!) soon.
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I can think of worst place to get stranded ... good luck with your classes.
Sounds glorious! So happy to hear that you are having fun, even while stranded.
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