If It Says, 'Forbidden', It Means Forbidden!

We walked into the car-port area of the ferry where we dropped our heavy luggage and climbed the stairs to our economy compartment. At first, we just picked a spot, but soon realized that their seating sytem was assigned.... So we got to our actual designated area, but saw that people were in our seats...

It was a family with young kids, so we just took their seats... WINDOW SEATS BABEYH!!
I thought the ship was fascinating! We followed the Attica shoreline and I swear I spotted the temple of Sounion from its position on hanging cliffs... It was abnormally square-looking from afar to look like some kind of tall modern building!

We were skimming on the water like nobody's business!  We grabbed some breakfast --- good ol' Greek frappe --- so addictive!

Afterwards, we were both curious to going outside and feeling the fresh air on our faces... There was a sign on the door that read, "Walking on the deck is forbidden at all times", or something like this... We didn't understand at all what the sign meant because the verb tenses were off, so we just opened the door....  Well, I tried to, but it didn't budge when I pushed and pulled. (This reminded me of my Tobermory-Manitoulin Island ferry experience: Oh Boy!)
Lianne tries and SLIDES it open.  Ok, BUENO!

We take a few pictures and enjoy the moment until this ferry official yells over to us in Greek... We got the message, we'll come inside.

I guess we weren't allowed to go out AT ALL.

OOPSIES!

A few islands passed by and we arrived at the port of Ios for a second and there was a sick-looking 'pirate' ship heading off towards sea...Damn! I want to go on that ship!

An hour later:

WE ARRIVED IN SANTORINI!!

One Step Closer...!

Let me tell you, when you pull an all-nighter and you only get to sleep the following night... It's NO BUENO! (I don't regret anything at all, but damn... Not doing it again for a long while)

After the bus dropped us all off at the airport, my roommate, Lianne and I grabbed a bite to eat and recharged a little bit before taking a cab to Piraeus since our check-in time wasn't for a few hours still at our hotel in Piraeus.

Once we actually got going, the cab ride went smooth without any glitches.  At first glance, Piraeus looked like shanty town, but you get used to Greece's buildings and they do deceive the naked eye!  We reached our hotel, but was told once we walked to the reception desk that our room wasn't available...

The people who were supposed to check out form our room had to stay since one of them hurt themselves and couldn't walk at all.  The hotel took matters into their own hands:
They arranged for us to stay at another hotel *cough cough* The Savoy; to pay for our cab ride to that hotel; and to pay the difference in price for our room... So we paid the same amount as we would have at our original hotel.
All right, that's Bueno for me!

At the Savoy, we checked in, I opened my kerfuffled luggage and re-arranged everything since EVERYTHING WAS A MESS!  I did lose my necklace... I know exactly where I left it too.  (I emailed the hotel in Pylos and it's Bueno, we discussed it)

We had dinner at the hotel restaurant and I called home.  I was so exhausted at this point that I poured my heart out to my dad --- I was so damn tired and not having slept really screwed up my clock --- almost like some kind of messed up jet-lag, so I wasn't feeling the greatest and trying to process everything that had happened in the last 48 hours when I had absolutely no more energy to do anything, let alone process anything.
Anyway, after I had made my phone call, I took a shower and went straight to bed around 8:30 PM. 

5AM comes around and yep! Get up and get ready!  Although, I ignored my Iron Maiden 'Blood Brothers' ringtone and Lianne had to wake me up 30 minutes later... Oops. 
Damn, she's too good to me.

Our original hotel arranged for a free shuttle to come pick us up at the Savoy at 6AM and we got to the Piraeus port in no time.  The hotel had also received our tickets the day before we checked-in so we just headed straight for the sweet, red, huge-ass ferry waiting for us that was amongst many others congregating around the port.  WOOHOO!

Santorini: HERE WE COME!!