Adio Ulus Lararassi

It was our last day in Santorini with the lovely Lu.  She had to return to Australia a couple of days early as she had previous ball commitments.

So it was with a beer, a hug and a little tear that we saw her off up the hill to her waiting chariot..... well, her airport transfer bus.

Thanks for a truly triffic holiday Lu - you are still the funniest mofo I've ever met! 

Madds and I still had a whole day before our flight to Athens, so we headed north to Imerovigli

 It's about 3 kms from Fira.  It took us about 45 minutes to walk it taking into consideration the stairs and the heat.

There were a few children begging on the street there, but this little boy was trying his hardest to work for his money.  He had this tiny piano accordion and when we first walked close to him he was resting his head on the top of it and wasn't playing, so we approached him and asked him to play.  He busted out some great songs and he was a total natural.  So naturally we danced and gave him some money.  Who knows, maybe one day he'll become famous and we can say we knew him back in the day.

All along the top of the cliff there are doors like this one that look like they go nowhere, but when you look over they have sideways staircases that go down to hotels or restaurants or bars.

On our way back we considered walking all the down the 600 steps to the bottom of the cliff where the ferry comes in.... well, Madds considered it.  I was certain I wasn't going to do it.  We did a bit of it and it was so steep and smelled like donkey poop, so much that Madds was dry retching...... so we didn't have to do it. 

Efcharisto Donkeys!

The other way to get up and down is a more civilized cable car, but thanks to our check out time looming near, we couldn't do that either...... :-)

 Our last Santorinian meal considered of a Greek Salad with the best Feta cheese our cheese connoisseur had ever tasted, some kalamata olives, and beetroot dip.  Incredible!

 Then..... to wait for our airport chariot, we sat by the pool at our hotel and drank cocktails, made by the fabulous Stefano.

Yiamas!

Cheers!