a typical day on santorini:
9am: get out of bed.
9-10am: eat something, lounge around outside in chairs looking down at the aegean sea, go back to bed for a while.
10-11am: shower
11am-12pm: lounge around outside in chairs looking down at the aegean sea. possibly read a little.
12-3pm: walk down the “street” thru shops and markets and tavernas and churches. shop, pet stray animals, take pictures.
3pm: flee the hordes of day-trippers that invariably descend.
3:30-4pm: eat greek salads made by mom back at our cave house and feed stray cats feta cheese.
4-6pm: swim in the hotel pool and tan on chaises lounges.
6-9pm: shower, read, lounge on patio in front of cave house.
9-11pm: have dinner at taverna of choice.
11pm-?: go to bed, read, drink ouzo, play cards, have facials, and/or pet cats.
repeat. for the next 3 days.
postcript: i counted how many postcards i have sent the other day. i was curious as my trip is winding to a close (only one more week!). i have sent a total of 99 postcards. at $1 a postcard (including card and postage), this means i have spent $99 on POSTCARDS. this is insane.
But I LOVE the postcards. I just got two today. They made me happy.
well you can give me $9.oo for your postcard portion then.
what date did they have on them, btw? i am curious how long it takes mail to get to the states from here.
Now that I have an address, I expect a postcard every 12.7 minutes
i’ll do my best, shamai. i know you’re lonesome with only giant carrots for company.
speaking of tanning. i’ve decided i will never tan as easily as most other people i know. my mom and aunt are totally tan. i, on the other hand, am not even as tan as kristen was when i left. at least i can hug close to me the knowledge that i tan better than nuala.
I just got one today dated 7/12 (aka bee sting day)
cursed bee!!!
Not that great a feat to tan better than me, but you cling to that idea anyways.
it gives me joy on sleepless nights, nuala.