Santorini = Anxiety

So here we are in Santorini. Turns out, the towns on this island are gorgeous. Just simply the best views of an island anywhere. Again, you have small little alley ways just lined with shops and stores with locals trying to get you to purchase any and everything. This is definetly more of a romantic type place. I mean the sunsets are simply gorgeous. Just wait till I post the pics! We've managed to explore the island on the east and west coast (~30 min drive from coast to coast) and each site is simply amazing. Breathtaking heights and stunning views. The weather is also much cooler here. Don't get me wrong, it is still very hot in the day, but the breeze is better (probably due to the height at which we are at) and in the evening it really does get a lot cooler to where you need a sweater. Now THIS island is a lot like California wheather...warm in the day and cool in the evening. And you can walk to *downtown* here. The town is called FIRA (prounced fee-ra *roll the tongue) . It's about a 20 min walk or a 5 minute bus ride.

HOWEVER, since the island is situated as a caldera, this means that the heights to which I am seeing and riding on in the buses and taxi's are giving me sooo much anxiety. The older I get, the more I want my feet on the ground. And the older I get, the more height anxiety I seem to have. Last night I went to the town of Oia (prounonced eeee-uh). Dear lord. It was 15 minutes of narrow roads with cliffs on the right where you could fall into the oblivion. And these buses where speeding down these roads. Now close your eyes and imagine this narrow - nearly 1.5 lane road when compared to the states - with bus going one way and cars going the other way. SERIOUSLY. You look over and it's like hmm, I could fall to my death. Literally, this is what I'm thinking. So 5 minutes to go and I look at Monique and say some kind of garble indicating my anxiety level rising. She immediately went into action and said don't think about it and we some how started talking about our cars and gas. yea, don't ask. but it worked. I also appear to shake my hands and pull my fingers when my anxiety level rises...odd.

So while the views are breathtaking and the island indeed is cute. Santorini is not the island for me. Dear God, please get me off this island safely. amen.

Thank god we are flying to athens in the morning. I want off this island. quickly.