Santorini Boat Tour

Last night's dinner was absolutely marvelous. The drinks were made perfectly, the food was delicious, and the ambiance was romantic, but nice! :) I even managed to find a gelato place here after dinner in honor of Italy. Today we went on a boat tour. The boat that we went on looked like a huge wooden sailboat, but it actually had a motor. Dad, it was gorgeous and I think you would have loved it. We went to the volcano island and walked to the 3 different craters, which pretty much was like climbing a mini mountain (and we had worn flip-flops, haha!). You could smell the sulfur on the rocks. We actually felt the earth that was warmer underground than the earth above it because the tour guide said the lava was actually underground. It was bizarre. After we stopped about 25 meters away from the hot springs by an active volcano. Those who chose to could swim through the very cold 25 meters to get to the "bath water" hot springs. I actually did it and it was well worth it. The boat brought us to the small port of Thirassia for a lingering lunch and Mom and I finally got our gyros. The tour continued to Oia, which is the Santorini town famous for its sunset and blue domes. Instead of walking up the steep and winding pathway up to the village of Oia, Mom and I actually rode donkeys. Man do those donkeys have road rage. They did not want any other donkey to pass them. It was a funny, interesting, and kind of scary ride at times. We had to finish the trek uphill on foot, but the scenery and sunset afterwards made all this well worth it. We found a tucked away restaurant that is famous for its sunset view. We sat for a few hours enjoying drinks and dinner, while watching the breathtaking sight before us. We actually invited 2 ladies from London to join us at our table, which made the conversation flow easily and there was no lack of things to chat about. Now, I cannot wait to go to London! Hehe! Before going back to the hotel, I had to stop and buy new luggage since I discovered mine had been rather marred by its long journey. Time for bed now and then tomorrow afternoon we fly back to Athens.