Santorini wine tasting

There was a thunderstorm on Santorini today...and only thunder (with a little lightening and a grand total of at most 8 raindrops thrown in) was the blackest cloud I've seen in sometime...but somehow, it was still bright enough to need sunglasses, maybe Apollo really was born here, sure seems to be the lightest place I've ever been.
Delayed the sailing trip till tomorrow...instead we walked to the local winery (btw, I checked, there's officially 20 on the island) side note: I also researched the Mykonos pelican death myth...and (thank goodness) it seems to be just that: a nutso story...if you really feel the urge to disgust yourself, you can google it.
The wine was pretty good, the whites much more so than the reds. We shared the patio with 3 other American groups and a cat who became my best friend when I had a ham and cheese plate.
The German Shepard at Abyssanto villa (where we're staying) is great, he loves to chase shadows, cracks me up. His owner has informed me the dog now stays with me more than him...I apparently have a fuzzy road boyfriend, he even sleeps outside our door. The villa is quite cute 7 little apartments total, all with a beautiful view of sunset point at the beach and a great porch...also a great price, €45/night, including breakfast and wifi. Nice. We rented a car (little red bubble as I affectionately called it) yes, I did actually need my international drivers permit thank you very much. We were going to walk around Fira (the capital) and center of the island....but uhhh, somehow I missed it....twice. Yeah, I don't know either, 14kilometers long, and I skipped the center bit (aka capital) multiple times. Got skillz baby.
Anywho, I did manage to find Santo wines, and talk about amazing views!!! For €19.40 we got 12 wines (about a 1/2 glass pour each) cheese, tomato spread and bread. Stayed for the sunset, gorgeous again! And went back toward Fira to check out the nightlife...(please see above, yes I missed it once more) sooo...as we were a few vinos in by this point...and I am better at finding stuff when I'm not looking for it...we found the hotel(go straight, well kinda, turn right before the end of the island- more on this later!) I played shadow chase with the dog for awhile and called it a night.
Today's quote:  
"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue." 
-- Hagakure