We started out the day relaxing and doing anything or nothing. We did not anchor until 1:30 in the afternoon. Carol took one for the team by standing in line for over an hour to get us all tender tickets required to get Us off the ship. We scored tender #2. Outstanding ! Thank you Carol!
The sheer cliffs contrasted against the white structured clinging to solid ground are an amazing contrast. We met our tour guide and off we whisked to explore the island. He took us to spectacular over looks and the signature locations to get our award winning photo shots.
Of course we had to sample the local brew --- crazy donkey. It was a split decision as to what was the favorite... Yellow or red. Personally, the red is the winner in my opinion. :)
We had lots of time to shop... Which we did.... And a couple of beers. What is not to like!
Our guide took us to a winery for a tasting, which was excellent! Off to a black sand beach, very cool. Them back to Fira for last minute shopping, cable car down to the dock and tender back to the ship.
Cable car is not your only option to get up or down the cliff... You can walk/climb or ride a donkey. What a hoot. Lots and lots and lots and lots of donkeys. Julie and I choose to walk down. After about 6-7 switch backs, I continually peered over the side to see, "are we making any progress?!?! All the meanwhile dodging donkeys and a serious amount of donkey doo doo. I mean a serious amount... Some fresh.... Took me back to my days of mucking stalls...
Back on board by 9:00 p.m. We jumped into the fracas in the Greek buffet with a couple thousand people... Mostly kids. Was a ton of fun.....
Tomorrow, Mikanos!
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