Wow..Santorini is really romantic..good thing we are here as a group of 6 girls!

I woke up in Mykonos the next morning in a delightful puddle of sweat and discovered that I had a slight headache from the previous night. I got about 4 hours of sleep, so I was dragging a little bit. We headed to where the ferry was that we had to catch to get to Santorini, and my friend Nicole had a really hard time with getting her ticket because she booked it through a travel agency that messed up. Apparently, her ticket was somehow in Athens, and they didn’t have enough time to get it to her in Mykonos. I mean…HELLO? 21st century anyone? But whatever. Luckily, she got another ticket and was on the same ferry as us. As soon as we all had our tickets, we sat down at a small restaurant right on the water and got brunch. I had this tradition Greek dish called muafala? (spelled wrong). It was DELICIOUS. It had cheese, eggplant, meat, eggs, pickles, zucchini, and some other stuff in it. It was cooked kind of like lasagna. I loved it. Obviously. Haha.

After lunch, we went out by where the ferries load to wait for it. This random guy came up and talked to us, and he ended up being from Minnesota. He was a few months in to a year-long backpacking trip around the world. He was doing it alone and had been all over the world. He had been all over Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. He had left the first of January and was getting back at the end of the year. He was really interesting to talk to. I really think that would be the coolest experience ever, but I just don’t know about doing it alone as a woman. He was 27, so maybe when I am older it might be a possibility.

We boarded the ferry for our 3 hour ride to Santorini. The ferry was a little rocky, so when I got off, I was a little seasick. Yet, when we got off, a guy with a sign for our hotel was waiting for us with a long van yet again. There were other people in it with us but at least there were enough seats for everyone! We jumped in and headed up the side of the mountain to the top! It was back and forth and was a really beautiful view of the coastline. We arrived at the “hostel” and were taken to the nicest room we have stayed in so far. We had two three person rooms. Each room had its own bathroom, a kitchen, and a balcony. There was also free wifi, a pool, and maid service during the day. It was amazing. We only paid 50 euro each for two nights which works out to be about $75. AMAZING. We got showered and such since we were pretty stinky from not showering in Mykonos. We headed out to see the town and stopped at a place pretty close to our hotel which had this really cool, earthy outdoor seating. I had pork filet which was delicious. We then proceeded to just walk around, see the views, and shop. It was pretty crowded since it is the high season, but it was BEAUTIFUL. I was completely in love. Since we had such a crazy night the night before, we decided to turn in early and get a good night sleep!