Santorini

Ho hum. Set off from Heraklion at 9.45. (Note to Alan and Eileen: get rid of that horrible unsmiling travel agent woman: she gave us possibly the worst tickets you can get; right in the middle in the middle of the boat. We watched folk buying tickets at the door and getting window seats. Good trip though and we watched lots of people sleeping and talking in Greek on  their mobile phones.... all 2 ruddy hours of it.

I want to know why I get the passengers from hell. Rome to Athens I had an ADD kid in the next seat. Athens to Crete i got a person who didn't stop talking to her neighbour. Heraklion to Santorini I got a guy beside me who was conducting a probably travel agency business: in the two hour trip he must have talked on his mobile around 30 times, bounced about getting his computer out, talked to his agency at the top of his voice (because he was obviously trying to make them hear 200km away without a phone) and usually leaning forward and putting his arm over my seat. I was going to bop him on the nose but Liz did it first.

STEPS
Don't go to Santorini if you don't like steps... or donkeys... or cable cars... or people.

NOTE TO ALISON
We're staying at a place called Porto Fira Suites. Remember the cave accommodation you stayed in 5 years ago? That's now the changing room at Porto Fira Suites... heh heh.

NOTE TO DANNY AND SUZANNE
This is a rotten place for a boat as you have to get a donkey or cable car down to the place you last kept it. The smell of donkeys is ripe and if you leave the boat in the same place for too long it will turn into a tourist resort mainly because I've noticed people taking photo's of anything that moves.... Honestly: this bloke pushed me out of the way because he saw a wee lizard and wanted to take a photo.

NOTE TO STEPHANIE
All (and I mean all) the people in Greece are fat. I'm not talking about normal fat; I'm talking about faaaaaaaaaaaaaat where a 24 year old male has his stomach falling down to his knees. Most of the beautiful woman in Greece look as if they are pregnant (which is probably a good thing because a pregnant woman would look exactly like a normal Grecian). You think I'm joking?

It's not all easy though. We're off for a meal (at quarter to eight at night) and we're going to have to climb at least 2 thousand steps to get to a place which serves food. Brilliant idea isn't it. We'll be back after a 3 thousand calorie meal and will have lost at least 2 kilos.

Off to lose weight!!

This is a picture of Liz having an awful time in Santorini.

Wait for the next one where we take a 6 hour tour on a boat where Liz is goingto be seasick.