Day 24: Sept 28: Ahoy!

The first thing Alicia did this morning was try really really hard to upload pictures for your enjoyment. Much to our (mostly her) dismay, the computer session timed out mere seconds before we finished. It was a real nail-biter.

After a lovely breakfast on the roof top, we said good-bye to the donkey across the street (he wouldn't stop ringing the bell around his neck all night) and headed for Fira to explore the museum life. First, I should mention that Alicia had decided that she was sick of wearing capris and t shirts all the time and thought that a more colorful outfit consisting of her sleeping spandex, her bed sheet (a blue shawl) and bathing suit top would do the trick. And so it did.

The first museum was a room full of ceramics from Santorini from the 8th through 6th centuries BC. The explanations mentioned the date and the type of object. There was no history, nor was there any other informatiom on the pieces. Unsatisfied, we sought out the Museum of Prehistoric Thira, and found a really impressive museum. We learned more about the history and the way of life of the ancient people who occupied the island from the 4th milenium until early Roman occupation. Who knew that it is one of the most important archeological sites of a culture that existed before Pompeii's. The wall frescos and pottery pieces were stunning. After touring the barren island (except for grape vines and houses) it was hard to believe that there was much left in decent condition after the explosion around 1650 BC (that's what lonely planet and the museum said). All we saw were rocks and volcanic ash. But apparently, only about 5% of the Akrotiri site has been excavatedso far. Those archeologists better get cracking before another eruption covers everything with several more layers of volcanic matter. Seriously.

After this, we were hungry and it wasn't long before we were nestled on some park bench eating our 2€ pork gyros. I don't know what I'll do without them.

We then caught a bus to take us down to our 330 ferry (costing the equivalent of another dinner!) And piled on the bus with all of the other people following us to Athens.

Once on the boat we had our snack of a chocolate croissant (Alicia thought it was the best one she'd had outside of France-wow!) and watched the ferry pull away from shore. It was an overcast day and we decided we'd picked the best day for the beach two days previous and felt slightly bad for those who hadn't.

The boat's scheduled to get in at 1130pm and we have a few half plans of how to get to the hotel that we are meeting Alicias parents at when they get in in the morning.

We've thus far passed the time eating, reading, and solemnly staring at each other. Kidding of course! It's only ever boat loads of fun with us.

Ps, her sun burn is better thanks to me.

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