The five minute walk to the beach really cooled me off. I realized how dumb it was to be angry when I'm in place as gorgeous as Santorini. I walked on the Black sand beach until I reached a point where the setting sun peaked past a hill that had been hiding it. I sat in the sand, amazed at my view. I can say with confidence it was the best moment I've had since I left the U.S, if not my entire life. I wanted to laugh, wanted to cry; in the end I just sat smiling from ear to ear. In retrospect, I was glad I was by myself as well. The clouds looked like they were a hundred feet away, as if I could touch them. I watched the Aegean Sea wash up against the black sand, the clouds shift over and away from me. I wished all my loved ones could have been there with me. I didn't have a camera, but I wasn't upset. a 7.1 megapixel camera wouldn't have done justice.

I got back to Hostel after sitting on the beach for an hour and a half. I wanted to immediately blog, jot down everything I was thinking. Unfortunately, some kid was playing a weird sonic the hedgehog game on the Hostel laptop, so I had to wait. I was interrupted while writing when the rest of my group arrived at the hostel, hence cutting the last blog short. That night everyone was pretty tired. Mike, Zide and I went out, grabbed a quick beer at a nearby bar, and then went to bed. The next day, our group rode around on our ATV's through the city of Fira. We split around 1:30, the girls went to go mule riding (not my thing). The boys and I went to visit the Red Beach. I pictured the sand being bright red, similar to the black beach. Instead, we found magnificent rock formations with varying shades of red. Some sand was red, but the name was given because of the rocks. I took some sand, and some rocks as souvenirs. We then headed off to the black beach to play some frisbee before taking the ferry back to Crete at 5:45.

The ferry ride was painless. It was smooth sailing, and we all fell asleep for the whole ride. That night the whole group went out clubbing, and once again had an incredible time. We checked out the next morning at 11, and got a bus back to the airport. Even the ride to airport was gorgeous. I know in my heart of hearts I'll be back some day.