(view while walking down to Amoudi Bay in Oia, Santorini)
With about a week left in Israel, Oren and I decided to be
super spontaneous and book a trip to Greece. We figured
we were already half way across the world, we had both
always wanted to go and it was too close to Israel not to do it,
so three days later we were off to Crete.
We ate a super weird lunch due to errors in translation...
For our last two days, we decided to go to Santorini. We arrived at our
teeny hotel right in the cliff in Santorini. From the ground floor you took
an elevator down 3 floors and THEN walked down another 150+ stairs.
The view was unreal and it was so cool to stay right on the side of the cliff.
Greece is such a stunning place. It looks just like in the movies....
But with more goats.
Although our first hotel was quite disastrous, we definitely made
the most of our time. We rented a car, (named it Willy, don't ask why
because I don't have an answer) looked at a map and started
because I don't have an answer) looked at a map and started
driving. We spent an entire day picking random places on the map
and navigating our way through the small towns full of crazy Greek
drivers.
drivers.
We ate a super weird lunch due to errors in translation...
Clarification:"a small fish" does not mean a whole plate of tiny
fish, right? We swam at a handful of beautiful beaches, sweat a lot,
and got really dusty due to dirt roads.
We found places I thought only existed in a dream life. We drove
(off roaded if this were Oren typing) almost 2 hours down a bumpy
dirt road (pictured below) with no idea what we would find at the end.
The choice to continue the terrifying drive around twists and turns, above
drops onto jagged rocks, proved to be the right decision. The end of the
road brought us to secluded beach (also pictured below) with only six other
people and tons of goats... yes. goats. We both agreed that it was the most
beautiful place we had ever seen.
people and tons of goats... yes. goats. We both agreed that it was the most
beautiful place we had ever seen.
For our last two days, we decided to go to Santorini. We arrived at our
teeny hotel right in the cliff in Santorini. From the ground floor you took
an elevator down 3 floors and THEN walked down another 150+ stairs.
The view was unreal and it was so cool to stay right on the side of the cliff.
Greece is such a stunning place. It looks just like in the movies....
But with more goats.
(charming street in Oia)
(on our way to the end of the dirt road)
(local man and his horses in Oia)
(outside of a pretty building)
(octopus tentacles drying out at our lunch spot)
(one of the many amazing views on our road trip in Crete)
(posing by my favorite trees... I made Oren stop at all of them... they are everywhere)
(close up of my favorite tree)
(Dinner spot on a bay in Rethymnon, Crete)
(view from our hotel in Santorini)
(having fun with the amazing views on our road trip in Crete)
