What with all the shenanigans and goings on...: "I wish someone would rub suntan lotion on my back... that wasn't you."

Yesterday was more of the same in Santorini... a lot of sun, a lot of water, a bit of beer, and a lot of couples. They're everywhere!! A girl can't catch a break... The only single good looking guys on the beach yesterday just did a lot of staring all afternoon. Is that a signal I'm supposed to approach? Well, I guess that's not how I roll... Santorini is definitely romantic, and that is evident in all the canoodling going on. It is endlessly entertaining watching couples on the beach, but a single girl can only take so much.

Anya and I keep joking about how we appear to be lovers. I mean even our room! We had to arrive a few days early so we got put in a room with one bed... no big deal. However, the room also has all red lighting and mirrors around the bed. Ah!! (The mirror continues to freak Anya out in the morning when she awakes to see herself 2 inches away from herself. haha) Also, there are five ways to travel on the island.

1) Walk. (Hell no.)
2) Taxi (15 Euros for a 2 minute ride...)
3) Rent a car (I can't maneuver my body between some of these roads let alone a car.)
4) Rent a Motorcycle (With cars zooming in and around other cars, I don't feel steady on two wheels.)
5) Rent an ATV (Done.)

So all day yesterday we cruised around on (or own separate!) ATVs. It was loads of fun! I honestly had more fun doing that then laying on the beach. We went to Red beach yesterday. This really amazing beach surrounded by red cliffs, with red volcanic sand. It's quite a hike to get there and in this kind of heat I'm not sure if we'll do it again. In the afternoon we came back to the hotel and stuffed our faces with fresh Santorini tomatoes we bought from a road stand. Then we headed out to Perissa beach, a popular beach with black sand. The waves on this beach were killer and it didn't take but a few seconds for me to get completely wiped out by one. I returned to the towel defeated. :(

Only picture from Red beach. That's the cliff we had to climb up and scale down on the other side.

In the evening we showered up and went to Fira, the most popular of the island villages. We found a nice place to eat but it didn't take long for us to be completely wiped and decide to head back to the hotel. Side note: It is FREEZING at night! I don't know how this is possible when a person begins sweating at dawn, but sure enough, when the sun goes down you need a wool sweater to stay warm. Or a man, and since I have neither I will be very chilly for the next 5 nights...