2 for 2

Today is our last full day in Santorini. The guide book we have suggests various driving tours. There were 2 we could accomplish today that would not only get us back to the beach, but show us the history behind this volcanic island.

If only we knew how to plan properly.

The first tour we took led us to the southern and western most part of the island. Akrotiri is home to an excavation site, that is somewhat like Pompeii. As luck would have it, one of the roofs to a dwelling collapsed and the tour ended before it began. So off to the Red Beach it was.

After playing in the ocean and getting my tan rockin', we decided to take the 2nd road trip, which would take us to another archeological site: Acient Thira. Before viewing the site, we decided to stroll the boardwalk that stretches from Kamari to Mount Vuono (site of Acient Thira). Once we refueled -- at the most amazing restaurant where prices were reasonable and the seafood was caught once our orders were in .. SO YUMMY! (*side note: I ordered Spaghetti frutti di mare, where bits of octopus were found among mussels, squid, shrimp and clams. OH. MAH. GAHD. The taste -- ver-ver nice. The texture -- ver-ver weird. It was like having bubble wrap pop in your mouth because of its suckers) Cripes.. that was the longest run-on sentence yet. Where was I? Oh yes.. once we refueled we were ready to take on Acient Thira.

The drive had us going up the cliff in a series of 15 switchbacks. Before our trip began, it ended (de ja' vou?). It seems that the site is open from 8 - 14:30. DANG-IT!! We missed again.

The reason we chose to visit Santorini was due to its history. The only history we truly saw were the layers of sediments mixed in with volcanic ash on the cliff sides, the black sand beaches and various hot springs in the ocean. It seems we need an extra day at every location to give us the leeway for our flakiness.

Fingers crossed we get our butts in gear and see the sites (other than beach) in Rhodes.