Monday, October 6, 2008

Santorini, Greece

Hello folks, so we arrived in Santorini on October 1st via a German charter (Condor). The 2 hour flight went smoothly and we landed safely at the tiny Santorini airport. Luckily my luggage was one of the first on the belt, but unlucky for Andy his never came. We have no idea what happened, but his bag was the only one that never made it from Munich. To make a long story short it was eventually recovered and he got it back after about 2.5 days. At least Andy got to take advantage of a small shopping spree on a resort island, but he had to wear my too tight capri pants and t-shirt and flower flip flops for one whole day. He was very metrosexual!

The island of Santorini has been very nice. We're staying in Kamari Beach, which is in the middle of the island. Our place is a very small "hotel" with no real reception. It's run by a little Greek woman who speaks no English. Needless to say communication is very challenging!

We estimate that Santorini is about 30 km tip to tip. We have a total of 7 days here so we're moving pretty slowly. We've rented a car (shitbox Daewoo Matiz) for 3 days and our activities consist of travelling town to town and hanging out at the beach (Andy's chest is still nuclear white). The views have been absolutely amazing and what we've imagined with the white washed buildings and blue roofs. Andy's gone crazy with snapping up pics! One of the key attractions here is to watch the sun set in Oia, which we did. We met a fellow Canadian from Alberta who noted that our westcoast sun set is equally as nice if not better. Funny how we take what we have at home for granted sometimes! To top it off Andy and I woke up at 6:45 this morning to watch the sun rise on the beach. It was very picturesque with me, Andy, and our stray doggy friend (I named him Buddy) who joined us. Andy thought he wanted to be apart of our pack. And in case you're wondering there has been NO PROPOSAL!

The food here is very much like Greek food at home. To be honest I'm getting sick of it. I don't think I can eat another gyro for at least a few months. The chicken souvlaki though is great! Tatziki is ordered separately, but it's worth it! The only crappy thing is the feta...they use goat/sheep milk, which most of you know I dislike!

So all in all it's been a nice way to end off our 4 week vacation. The weather here has been okay, sunny but windy. Santorini's tourist season is on the tail end so there are no crowds or young party people to contend with. I can imagine how crazy it would be here during peak season. We're back in Munich on October 8th and then we leave for Vancouver on October 10th. We'll upload more pics when we're back!

Hope things are going well at home. Pearl Castle on October 10th???

3 comments:

Darren Foo said...

Maybe you lost your luggage because there was NO PROPOSAL!

Darren Foo said...

What time does your flight arrive?

Jen Fung said...

Hope you have pics of Andy in your clothing..hehe.."GB"!

See you soon!