best day ever

.. well, it's up there anyway

woke up in a crap mood.. but as i have learned.. get outside asap and all is well. better, anyways. Had to go to the hotel manager because my toilet.. ahem.. wasn't taking everything away.

i rented a wee scooter today and pretty much saw all of Santorini (probably did 100km)

Was out to the east end of the island, saw the lighthouse, red sand beach (more like red cliff & rocks, not much of a beach), Fira, Oia (pronounced ee-ah), and lots of wee villages in between, + way up the highest mountain right in the middle of the island.

Oia was my favourite, at the far western end of the island. It did have it's share of tacky tourist stuff, but not as much as Fira. Oia is known for it's sunsets, facing west right over the ocean with no obstructions.. so after wandering through the town, I found a good perch to watch/take 25000 photos, and there I sat for a hour waiting. The spot gradually got more and more full of people basically doing the same.

Motored back in the dark, after stopping back in Fira, I really really wanted some Greek worry beads, and I had seen some earlier that I liked so I picked them up. Got a wee bit lost and ended up almost at the airport, but found my way again (island isn't that big, not to many places to go wrong!), gassed up the scooter (not a major purchase, lol) and back to Perissa Beach.

Found a yummy place called Grandma's Recipes for dinner, had a chicken pita gyro and yummy Greek salad. A very nice girl from Boston was working there and was very chatty.

Glad I had such a great day.. I've had some bouts of loneliness and homesickness, but not today.. hopefully the toilet will be fixed, LOL.

This is my last night in Greece.. I'll be back for sure, but bringing someone along next time :)