Tuesday, September 11th:

In the morning, we couldn’t figure out why the water was so effin’ frigid. The instructions left stated we had to turn on the water heater for 15 minutes before feeling anything hot.  We couldn’t find the switch to turn on said water heater.  I went ahead and took my cold ass army bath while Nicole messaged the owner for further instructions. Turns out the switch was hidden behind the open door that led out to the hallway.  

The fridge was stocked with some of the most delicious bread and cheese!  

The milk was amazing! There was no smell to it and Nicole was able to drink it without dying in her pants.

Windows opened to this beautiful concrete scenescape.

We also found a great many bottles of open liquor; probably left over from all of the past guests.  

There were also an ungodly number of light switches. It was like trying to breaking a code or trying to start up a space station while attempting to decipher which switch turned off or on which light, fan, or power outlet.

Mr. Kostas picked us up around 4am on Tuesday morning to drop us off at the Athens airport.  We were shuttled to board our plane for Santorini out on the apron instead of the accustomed gate ramp.

Santorini was just less than an hour away!

Greek Airplane Shmackiddisnacks!

Our first view of Santorini! <3

Picked up by a shuttle right off the apron again

We were greeted by a gentleman of very few words holding a handwritten sign with our name.  He motioned and grunted a lot.  Thank goodness we men have caveman speak etched into our DNA for easy communication and understanding within our gender.  The air was dusty and there were about a half a dozen dogs sleeping along the curb side. We were loaded up into the Mathios Hotel van and enjoyed a nice quiet ride to Akrotiri.

We arrived at Mathios Village and led to the office behind the front desk where we were greeted with open arms by Kostas.  He was quite the salesman and ran us through all the different options of amenities, car rentals, and tours when can choose to purchase while on our stay.  We were much too tired to pay much attention nor contemplate other activities other than going to bed. Our room wouldn't be ready until 2pm so we had some of the breakfast out in the commons and snoozed by the pool.  

We dropped all of our luggage off in the Villa once they gave us our key.  We had a quick tour of the place and how to work everything. It was pretty engineous to have the electricity available only when the key is present and the air conditioner operational only when all the doors and shutters are closed.  

Just one of the purty flowers in our courtyard…

Showered and headed up to the monastery ruins of Akrotiri up on the top of the hill above where we were staying.

Pathway up to the ruins...

Almost there...

There were hardly any people and we weren’t certain we were even allowed in when we found the entrance. The place didn’t seem maintained with trash scattered about, there were no safety fences along any drop offs or rubble, and no signage as I expect to see at most monuments.  My nuts sucked up into my chest with the rise in height and as I looked off the steep ledges.

Obligatory Model Sitting on the Steps Pose

Obligatory The Wanderer Model Pose

Inside the ruins...

The Agia Throdosia Church in front of the Akrotiri Monastery Ruins

Our Next AirBnB

Nicole found the Bell ropes...

Hiking along the roads of Akrotiri

St. Epifanios Traditional Orthodox Church

Stray cats and dogs loose on the streets…

This sweet ride for rent that just sat there the entire time we were there...

The nutella comes in glass containers here!  Fancy...

We spent the rest of the day hangin' out at our private pool

Obligatory Pool Model Shot

That night we walked down to the Paradise Resort for an early dinner.  We were surprised to hear Wu Tang Clan setting it’s romantic ambience.  The host who seated us gave off the now familiar chill don’t-give-a-shit vibe.  Our waiter was triggering my gay-dar and I couldn’t help but think he did all the super crazy greek contortion acts I saw on those novelty Hellenic sex playing cards sold at all the souvenir shops.  There’s also big racks full of wooden dicks everywhere. Wooden Dicks.

Baklava with Chocolate!!! <3

Shelby was having separation anxiety so Nicole had to have dinner on facetime.

I'm not ashy.  This is how are feet look after every hike in Greece. 

Let's Hike on down to Day 05 - Perissa!