Today was by far both Tim’s and my favorite day of the trip so far. Per Steve’s recommendation he gave us a guided tour of the island on quad bikes. We headed out around 10:00 and picked up the quad bikes, Sue rode with me and Granddad with Tim. Our first stop was a look-out where we had a gorgeous view of the buildings on the cliffs. After a quick photo op we continued on to Red Beach. Red Beach is named such because of the red volcanic rock formations and red color of its beach. The walk down to this beach was a bit steep and on unsteady terrain so we didn’t swim here, only stopped for a quick photo opportunity. The next bit of driving was some of the best as we weaved our way up to the peak where ancient ruins of Thira were. The views as we climbed higher and higher were simply breathtaking. Unfortunately when we reached the top we remembered it was Monday and the ruins were closed, but the view was entirely worth it. We then weaved our way back down and to Kamari Beach where we enjoyed a gyro, have I mentioned that the Greek gyros come with fries actually INSIDE the gyros, strange, but delicious. After lunch we walked down towards the cliffs and found a nice spot on the extremely hot black “sand” beach. I say “sand” because there was absolutely no actual sand just rocks. Other than being difficult to walk on it was amazing. Gorgeous scenery and refreshingly cool crystal clear water. After we were thoroughly cooked we got back on our bikes and headed to the hotel for a quick snack, shower, and sleep. We met back up at around 7 to drive to the other end of the island where we could watch the sun set on the Mediterranean. The drive up to the other side was shockingly beautiful as well. We drove along the cliffs and could see the fields sloping down to the sea below. The township we arrived in, was adorable, more of the blue and white and narrow shop lined streets we had seen in all of the islands. Steve led the way to the perfect location to photograph the famous blue domes of Santorini. This is when it pays to have a guide, I heard others say that had been looking for days for this spot, which is the spot from which all of the photos you see of the domes is taken. From there we grabbed a few drinks from a market and headed for our sunset viewing spot. The setting was perfect. Perched up on a wall we enjoyed our drinks as the sun sank lower and lower. Unfortunately the sunset ended up being pretty crap, but a few dedicated tourists applauded nonetheless and I can’t say that I would’ve rather ended my day any other way.
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