I think Santorini was the trip of “you only get to do this once in a lifetime.” It seemed like every crazy activity my friend Tammy and I got ourselves into was extremely exhilarating or just plain crazy.
1. We decided to walk up an active volcanoe, in flip flops, and with solely two bottles of water. WHEW!!!!! I thought it was going to be over, I must be out of shape because there were definitely some older people doing the same hike and moving at a great pace hahaha. Nevertheless it was amazing and we got some great pics.
2. I swam in hot springs (Tammy wasn’t trying to get her hair wet lol). Our boat pulled up about 40 meters from the hot springs, so we had to literally jump off the boat into really cold water that was definitely deeper than i expected and swim 40 meters after the cold temperature shock to get to the beginning of the hot springs. Once we got there, it was definitely really cool. It wasn’t exactly hot, but it was pretty warm and must’ve been great for my skin. But then swimming back to the boat and going through another cold water temperature shock wasn’t that fun. But in all, it was worth it. I can now tell my kids, I swam in hot springs next to a volcanoe in Santorini!
3. Tammy has had this fantasy about riding a donkey since we got to Greece. I honestly wasn’t to keen on it because frankly I think donkeys are gross. But I said hey, “only once in a lifetime!” and decided to ride up a super steep mountain with a group of tourists on a donkey. I thought my life was going to end. Between the donkeys half trying to compete with each other and our crazy old Greek ride leaders trying to speed things up, I thought that I was going to get thrown off the donkey over the edge of the cliff. Yes, I was truly scared, but again it was worth it. So yes, I have offically ridden a donkey up a mountain in Greece hahaha
For the rest of the trip, we had a great time, met great people, and ate more GREAT GREEK FOOD!!! This is probably it for my travels other than when Ash and Bryson come to Spain. I’ll be finishing up my semester in the next 3 weeks and preparing for my summer plans (which still aren’t concrete mmmm hahaha). The traveling has been great though while it has lasted! -Ari-
Tammy and Ari