Full moon party was fun. I have no idea how the club came to be...the way they boarded things up, it looked NOTHING like it did when we were sunbathing on the beach. Sadly, getting to the beach wasn't an option for the party (boo.) music was decent, at least it was house music!!
Funny thing when you travel, suddenly you're no longer your name, you're where you live. Instead of nice to meet you, I'm Piper...it's you speak English, where are you from? names come later...if at all, you refer to someone as "Dubai" or "Vancouver" or ya know: San Francisco.
The ferry into Santorini while a quicker journey, nowhere near as social as the blueline. Everyone had an assigned seat (something like a train or a greyhound type thing) there was a small snack area with overpriced food/drinks...(read what you'd find in a road side store in the middle of nowhere) the Blueline has multiple decks, you can sit outside, there are multiple food options, and you get some vendors who come onboard at the second port (from Athens to Mykonos) and sell you snacks/boxed chocolate among other things. We stopped at a total of 3 ports (same as from Athens to Mykonos) however, you couldn't really see the ports as everyone's in the hull of the ship...granted there's also a business class which may have better views/more going on...but apples to apples (ahem economy class both trips) blueline, slower...also, more of a social fun journey.
Santorini has AMAZING views! Most gorgeous sunsets, pictures can't begin to do them justice...the paintings you see where the sun has rays of light shooting out....here, the sun really does that as it's setting. Tonight, it was a gorgeous red as it went through a cloud, it looked like the patch on the back of the (original) karate kids gi. You definitely need a motorized vehicle to get around. Mykonos is small enough you can use the bus system to get where you want to go....here, it would take too long. While the island is larger than Mykonos, the feel is more rural/laid back. There's at least 5 wineries (yeah yeah you "we have Napa valley" snits) it actually is quite a few given the total size of the island is likely about the size of all of Napa. The streets roll up early here....in Mykonos you watch the sunset around 8:15, take a nap until 10 (or grab coffee) then head to the bars/clubs at 12:30am - 6ish. (and the shops are all open too) Sleep till 10am head to the beach: repeat. Here, you eat dinner, maybe grab an after dinner drink....and everything is pretty much closed...you have less protection from the wind, so it's also a bit chillier...and on the face of where the volcano blew...more treacherous, specially after a few oyzo (or insert drink of choice here) seems we get to an island and just as we learn the lay of the land and the weather really starts to heat up, we're off to the next...my tan is no worse for wear, getting darker by the day!
Looking forward to the sunset cruise (where we'll see the red/black and white beaches, as well as go to the volcanic hot springs) some more wine tasting and checking out the town that was buried by the volcano exploding.
Quote of the day:“ We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.” -- Macrina Wiederkehr
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