Today, we were back on the scooter, and drove back to Fira to get some good pictures of the famous cliff-side houses cut into the rock. Everything is painted white with blue accents. Woe-betide anyone wanting a red and yellow house with a green balcony! But it does make for some eye-appealing scenery. Next we drove the long way around the island, hugging the coast, seeing only clear blue skies, domed churches, donkey trails up the cliffs, and old men on carts pulled by asses, doing about 2 miles an hour.
We headed for the very tip of the island, to a tiny town called Oia, where we had an expensive seafood lunch of fresh octopus and stuffed eggplant. Not too bad but quite expensive. Walked lunch off around the cliffs as far as we could take the trail, with a view out over the volcano, nestled in the middle of the islet. Drove back by a faster route to Perissa Beach for a shower and change before heading out for a bite to eat. We searched all day for a beach called Kamari, next to Perissa but not accessable by road it seemed.. or were we reading the map wrong? Will try our luck again tomorrow.
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