All right, so Lianne and I climbed down the stairs to the car depot where our heavy luggage was left and waited for the ramp to connect with the port's dock. It was kind of surreal, because us passengers were all waiting and the back of the boat with the ramp was out in the open... I can't really explain properly (I'm sorry) but, you could see outside and the massive cliffs of the Caldera and by God, it was out of this world!
Once the ferry was docked the view was again, surreal:
The Port was overflowing with departing tourists and arriving ones and it looked like a scene straight out of a movie where a character arrives in a foreign country and thinks, 'Skata! What the hell?!'
My God, it was a little intimidating...
Nevertheless, I went into 'Let's Go' mode and had my eyeballs scanning for some info place that could bring us to our hotel. One thing that I've learned about Greece is even if the shops and service places look like shanty town --- the customer service is fantastic.. or the food is out of this world.
Some American working in the shuttle shop hooked us up for 5 euros (BUENO!) We had 4 Aussies behind us and I wanted to clock 'em one in the head when they said we were 'probably Americans... No wait, we're Canadians.... Ah... Oh Canada.'
Oh my God, damn imbeciles.
We were at our hotel in no time, but we were too early to check in.... The owner was very welcoming though and gave us the password to the free wifi and offered us to have a seat and chill in the AIR CONDITIONNED lobby. BUENO! His wife came out with glasses of orange juice too so we just chilled for an hour --- no biggy.
The room is very lovely --- white doors with blue shutters, TV (although I haven't watched a single minute of TV in over a month now), fridge, A/C, full bathroom and WIFI!! We are only a few steps away from the Black Beach and the main square of the village we are in is just a minute away!
I think we've got it made, once again! No time restraints and VACATION TiME BABEYH!
