Day 54: Off to Naxos!

Last night I got to sleep in a double bed for the first time on my trip- how luxurious! But, I also had to have a cold shower so that kind of brought me back to reality. I didn't have much planned for today- I had pretty much seen everything I wanted to on the island so the question was: how was I going to kill a few hours before my ferry? I decided to climb a mountain! I had seen it on our walk from Thira to Oia the other day and I thought it looked so cool. It only took me about 45 minutes to get there from Thira- and I had some company from a random dog that appeared out of nowhere! He ended up following me up the mountain and back down again...and all the way back to Thira! I named him Costas (had to go with something truly Greek).


After only having a gyro last night I wanted a really nice meal before I left Santorini. Don't get me wrong I love gyros- and they're so cheap!- but there is so much other stuff I still need to try and my time in Greek is quickly coming to a close! (Side note about gyros: I'm not sure if its a Greek thing or I just haven't eaten very many back home, but whenever you order a gyro here you get fries IN it! It's an odd, yet delightful thing- we need to bring this to Canada!) For lunch I had Soutzoukakia - meatballs in a tomato sauce served with rice (but I think you can also get it with potatoes or pasta. It was delicious! I gobbled up the whole thing...oh, how I love Greece!


I caught the 2:30 bus down to the port to catch my 3:30 ferry. We arrived about a half hour late into Naxos- I was supposed to have a ride waiting for me at the port but that didn't happen. Since I was expecting to be picked up I didn't have an address or directions to the place. Fortunately all the people I asked kept telling me to just walk straight- so thats what I did and I eventually found the hotel. Luckily I didn't splurge for the private room- my dorm room seems to be empty besides me! Its kinda nice, but at the same time it would nice to meet some people!

Not much on the agenda for tonight- now that it gets dark so early it really cuts into my sightseeing time! I did go out to get some groceries, though. But for some reason none of the supermarkets I went to had fresh bread (just some weird looking packaged stuff) and the meat and cheese were crazy expensive, so my idea of making sandwiches for lunch got thrown out the window. I did manage to pick up some things for dinner though including stuffed peppers and tomatoes...in a can! They also had stuffed wineleaves in a can, and MOUSAKA in a can! I don't even want to know how that would taste....I'm happy to report that the stuffed tomatoes and peppers were actually quite good! I can only imagine what it would be like in a good restaurant!


Love, Dianna