We took some sunset pictures in Thira. Oia is known as the sunset town, but I beg to differ. Even if the sun had been good yesterday, the only place you can see the sun from is at the edge of the crater. That means my photos could be from Greece, or Hawaii, or Long Beach for that matter. The sun looks like the sun. It's nice to get part of your surrounding in the foreground and you can only do that in Thira.
We found out from the guy that rented us the Micra, that tourism is down about 50%. That's pretty crazy. He also said the weather has been unusual. Maybe they're still recovering from the coldest winter ever recorded. While watching the sunset, we were facing gale force winds. This is evidently not normal. It feels like it could be February sometimes.
Tomorrow we take a ferry to Crete . . . I think. Rumor has it there is something wrong with the boat. With winds the way they've been, the seas may be a bit rough. That's not fun for anybody. Maybe the bartender sensed our concern. She just gave us Ouzo . . . on the house.
On that note, the Greeks have been very friendly so far. One can speculate that it has to do with the economic situation and they're trying to put their best face forward, but they obviously don't have to. Everywhere we've been, someone has gone out of their way to help us. Maybe we are less obnoxious than those European tourists . . . and dress more fashionably. Those capri pants with hiking boots can't impress anyone.
Location:Θήρας-Μεγαλοχωρίου,Thira,Greece
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