First full day in Santorini was a fairly wet and windy day. We got up around 11:00am, seeing as how he didn’t get to sleep until 4:00am., and we made our way down the street for breakfast/lunch. I grabbed a sandwich and Coca-Cola Light; because I was too hungry too mess around with a risky order. I am all for ordering what is recommended and the local cuisine. But there comes a point in hunger, when you can’t risk a bad meal or just bad ordering. Dad got yoghurt and fruit because he wanted to make me look bad. But really, it looked good and was probably better than my sandwich.
We got back to the room in time to meet the car rental man. They brought it to us and offered to drop us at the port when we were ready to leave. We went into the room to rest after all we’d done so far and then headed to the Caldera side of the island. First stop was Fira. Fira is the main city on the island and has a lot of jewelry, clothing, and trinket shops. We stopped at one of the travel agencies and booked a sailing day between the islands for later in the week. We walked down the streets and saw the Catholic Cathedral. After a brief survey, we continued down the road to Oia, which is on the very top point of the island. It is known as a locale for sunset viewing and is a little smaller than Fira. Again, we walked the main street and stopped at some of the best views. There is the ruin of a castle at one point and you can see the whole length of the island. Just below Oia, is an old fishing port that now has a couple little restaurants. We were early for dinner again, but after stalling by walking down some paths, we grabbed a table at Katina’s. Katina was there, smiling and silently giving orders to the waiters. Before we ordered we were given complimentary grappa and fava beans. They make the fava beans into a paste like hummus and it’s a specialty of Santorini. It reminded me of mashed potatoes and was served with chopped onions. It was really good and we “jokingly” asked for the recipe multiple times. We started with fried calamari. Their version of fried is very light with barely any batter. It was some of, if not the, best calamari I’ve ever had. We ordered fish by picking which ones we wanted from a case. We picked a sea bass and a beetle fish. They were both grilled within sight and were quite tasty. The waiters convinced us to try the cheek, eyeballs, and brain. They claimed they were the best part. The cheeks were good, but I wasn’t all that impressed by the eyes and brain, call me particular. At end of the meal, we got Baklava, compliments of “Ms. Katina”. Again, it was better than most I’d had in the states.
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After dinner we made it back to our side of the island and watched a movie. There are only 5 channels, and usually at night they’ll have 1 program in English. Being Easter week, the theme is Jesus. Tonight’s film was Joan of Arc. I watched until I needed to sleep, but it’s ok because I know how it ends.
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