After a lazy day around the pool we set of to sample the Santorini sunset by boat. Our holiday company (Thomson) wanted 79 Euros to put us on a boat with a free bar and food and a band, sod that we paid 40 Euros at a local travel agent and got the same minus the free bar and band but then drinking 90 Euros worth of wine goes well beyond what Old Nick and I can manage and shows what a rip off holiday company's trips are.
We boarded the Caique King Thiras at around 6pm and set sail into the caldera passing the capital of the island, Thira, where I wondered on how Queene Mab and I climbed from the harbour to the cliff top back when we were but wee travelers who arrived in Crete with two hundred quid between us back in the early 80s. From there we sailed on to Oia where we had watched the sunset from the land just the other day, after a not bad buffet meal we watched the Sun go down over the sea, quite sublime colours.
Back on dry land after a hairaising coach ride back to Perissa there was time for a few glasses of wine before drifting off to sleep.
This morning we decided to go to the next door resort of Kamari so we boarded the water taxi on the beach and set sail. 20 minutes later we were dropped onto Kamari beach. Well Kamari was OK but I'm glad we were staying on the other side of the mountain as it was a bit pricey and right next to the airport so every 20 minutes or so a jet would roar over the beach. stil we had a little explore and then returned back to Perissa for ouzo in our jacuzzi.
Life just don't get much better than that.
2008-06-24 @ 17:58