Stupid Strike! Let's party like it's 1999!

Yesterday was a great day!

We started out early and headed to the black beach... All lava rock beach. It is very windy there so the waves were crashing! Anna and I both went in for a bit but it was not relaxing swimming weather. We reserved the beach chairs, ate spinach and cheese pies and watermelon, and basked in the awesome Greece sun!

We started back around 2pm and stopped at the wine museum which was kinda creepy at times with the mannequins that move demonstrating the ways wine was made when the winery was first opened but the wine tasting at the end was very fun. Both Anna and I like the dessert wines (which is unusual for me because I don't normally like dessert wine.)

We made it back to the hotel in time for us to book the bus to Ia to see the sunset... Imagine hundreds of tourists converging on the the small town to see the sunset. The sunset was beautiful and the town of Ia was even more gorgeous! Pics to come...

After we made it back to Fira, we then headed out to dinner with a view. I was a bit down as we had just heard they moved the general strike to the day we are leaving Athens (October 5th) and we could be both stuck. I was also done with Greek food (sad, but it was my way of general striking!). So I had spaghetti, yes, I've said it, I has spaghetti... And it was good! Anna had dolmades and Greek salad. Both, she reports, were very good!

On the way back to the hotel, we found the club that our hotel recommended... With 2 for 1 drinks and awesome music we stopped in... And we stayed! It was awesome! I haven't had crazy clubbin' fun in years! Whoo-hoo!

This morning, Anna and I have been working on alternative flights... I have been able to book a flight to Paris on October 4th. I'm working on extending my hotel booking in Paris but so far it looks good that I will be getting out early (sad, to leave Greece but I'm happy to be getting out early.) I'm keeping my fingers crossed because I do not want to miss my connecting Paris-Montreal flight!

Anna's airline advised her to wait... And Anna has her work with her so she doesn't mine being stuck on Athens a bit longer.