Tourist season was basically over and the whole city begins to shut down. This had some pros and cons. The negative was that ferrys weren't running very often and lots of stores were closed which limited our options while on the island..but the pros totally outweighed the cons! First of all it was much, much cheaper than usual...check out the view from our hotel room that we got for $25 a night!
Our bedroom window!
Another perk is that we basically had a whole island to ourselves! Beaches were pretty much empty. Roaming the streets we would see tourists every now and then, mainly due to cruise ships dropping herds off for a few hours during the day - but other than that we felt like we had rented a private island and had it all to ourselves. Very Brad and Angelina of us.
The first day there we hiked to the other side of the island which is probably only 4km away but lots of hills make it seem like much further. Oia is known to have the best view for sunsets so we wanted to get there for that. We were alone on the trail until a middle-aged Indian tourist caught up to us and walked with us the rest of the way. We got there just in time to see the sunset over the beautiful city! Just me, Robby, and this Indian guy soaking in the romantic scenery. And it wasn't just the romantic sunset that we shared together...he wandered with us through the city of Oia for the rest of the night. No invitation necessary, Earwig (i think that was his name I can't remember!) was making himself comfortable.
The city lights up at night and looks so cool! Check out the moon!
The next day we checked out a beautiful red sand beach via an awesome scooter! We drove the perimeter of the island on that baby and got at least 40 Miles to the gallon on that hog. The beach was way on the other side - once there you have to hike in and then you see this beautiful blue water crashing into red sand, the colors were amazing! Unbenounced to us clothing was optional...so we got some surprises while walking along the shores.
After that we rode the hog all the way back to the other side of the island to Oia so we could see the sunset again. And GUESS WHO we ran into?!? Oh yeah, Our man Earwig! Was he following us? Maybe. But yet another sunset was enjoyed with him not too far away. Luckily we snuck away to grab an awesome dinner at the most amazing restaurant we have ever been to with an Increible view. Seriously the food there is probably the best meal either us have ever had.
More sunset!
Earwig! He was easy to spot because he was wearing the exact same outfit he had on the day before
Our ferry left that night at midnight for Milos, the next island on our agenda. And the ride wouldn't have been complete without Earwig. Yep, he rode the ferry with us although his stop was Athens and ours was Milos, we still got a solid four hours together on the ferry. Robby and I found a comfortable sleeping spot under one of the stairways and as we were setting up shop Earwig comes in and decides to camp out right next to us. Hahah he kept popping up out of nowhere and I have no idea why he was so attached to us, but the rest of our entire trip, even after we left Greece, we half expected to run into him.
Oh and in case you were still wondering, our love for gyros is still going strong and we did continue to have a gyro for every meal! (except that one in oia)
I just hope I'm able to love my future children this much. Without wanting to eat them.
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