Hello again! It's now 11 PM on a Wednesday night and I'm again battling with the mini shift keys of these computers in Greece. Too little to compain about, so I'm complaining about the shift keys. On to the vacation...
First, thank you for your emails. It's so nice to read about what's going on at home and to hear that you all hate me. Very reassuring. :)
Today was an excellent day. I spent the morning sleeping (seems I can't get up before 10 AM here) and the day diving. I dove with a Norwiegen (vacation spelling rules) and an Aussie...both very fun divers. It's been a while since I dived (parenthetical expressions, but no, Allie, it's not dove, it's dived....word) last (in Florida when I visited Ann!) so I was a bit nervous. I almost panicked myself to death, but at the end of it was ok. Damn salt water. Get's in your eyes and your nose and your throat and makes you want to surface too fast. But all was well once I told myself that I couldn't afford to die in Greece, so I decided to figure it out instead. And thank God I did, because I just love swimming with the fishes...in a decidedly non-mob sort of way.
I've spent the last several days wandering around the streets, beaches, steps, and hills of Santorini. I've seen some amazing sunsets; met some amazing and finally non-Canadian people; had some amazing wine; and eaten some excellent food. Never have I consumed so much lamb in my life. Or seen so few clouds. Literally, today was my first Greek cloud. Amazing.
Tomorrow I plan to wake up early (maybe 10) and go to the beach. I leave on a ferry bound for Crete at 5pm...and from there it's anyone's guess. I'm getting restless and everything is so close here...so I'm considering Egypt, Turkey, and Italy. I wish there was an easy way to get to all three! But, alas, I may have to narrow it to two of them.
Updating the tallies from below...and adding some new ones.
Amazing mullets - 6 (now 13)
Homeless cats - 326 (infinity)
Homeless dogs - 47 (52)
Homeless people - 4 (still 4)
Glasses of ouzo - 1.4 (4.2...it's better with more water I figured out)
Snickers at myself for driving the White Stallion - 27 or more (28)
Steps climbed - at least 2342
Donkeys ridden - 0
Times I've wanted to ride a donkey - 2
Beaches - 7
Sunburns - 0
Sunsets - 8
Sunrises - 1
Near death experiences - 3
Pictures - infinity
Hope all is well with you!
Cheers -
Genevieve
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