Santorini Friday

Friday morning in Santorini started as usual. No coffee…but had chocolate milk and rolls we brought in from the night before. A beautiful morning with fog or mist rolling in over the peak next to our hotel. Seems that is the only place it was. Took some pictures from around the pool then we packed our backpack and headed for the Red Beach.

We stopped at the market and picked up sandwiches and drinks to take to the beach then off our our journey that took us to the far end of the island. We finally found the Red Beach and parked to start our trek over the peaks to reach the beach by foot.

Once there we marveled at the sights of all the black boulders thrown from the volcano then were greeted by the sight of the ‘red’ beach. All of the cliffs overhanging the beach were red as was most of the sand and rock on the beach itself. It was a pretty sight, but kind of isolated. The pictures we took were still a peak away from actually setting foot on the beach, and as you can see there were no services available close by. So after further consideration we decided NOT to spend the day at this beach but to travel to the other end of the island to go to Monolith beach.

Once there this beach seemed to be a little run down and deserted, so back on the bike and return to the Black Beach. It was fairly busy and the streets running by are filled with café’s, bars, and shops, so we settled in next to an umbrella and broke out the sandwiches.

I have found a new color I think…Santorini Brown, that is the color I am now after several days at the beach. We stayed till about 4 then headed back to the hotel. We went out later to pick up gyros and a chicken Gyro plate to bring back to the hotel and have dinner on the balcony.

That pretty much took care of the day, tomorrow a trip to Oia is planned.

Double “Smarts” today!!! ;-)