We woke up somewhat early this morning and drove to ancient Thira. This required driving up about 20 switchbacks in the ol' Micra. I have GoPro footage of it, but the iPad simply cannot handle trimming a video and preparing it for upload. As far as ruins go, Ancient Thira was truly ruined. There was nothing very identifiable about it. It's as if the residents of Delos paid a few extra drachma for sturdy building materials and the ancient Thirans settled for IKEA furnishings.
After going down all the switchbacks again, we went to Akrotiri, another ancient city in ruins. This just very recently opened to the public. This is the site, where some of the famous frescoes of ancient Greece were discovered. They are now, however, at museums, so the site itself only had a few artifacts like pottery and wash basins that remained.
Near Akrotiri is a place called Red Beach, named presumably for the red cliffs that tower above it. We had to do a little bit of hiking from the parking lot to the beach. One has to earn everything on this island.
This time I actually went into the water. It was a little chilly, but manageable. Just like the big island of Hawaii, it is popular to write out graffiti with white rocks. I tried to do my part with a reference to everyone's favorite celebrity couple: Bricole!
That summarized most of our day. Soon we will have to return our beloved Nissan Micra to the rental place. A shame really . . . that someone else will have to drive such a terrible car.
It was sunny this morning, but is now overcast and windy again. Can't win. I was going to check out sunset from Thira town, but it doesn't look like its going to happen tonight. This is our last night on Santorini. I have mixed feelings about it. It's attractive in some areas, but overly touristy. If DisneyWorld added Greece to its world showcase, it would look like Santorini. You could get an autograph from toga-wearing Mickey there.
Location:Θήρας-Μεγαλοχωρίου,Thira,Greece
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