Hi.
How are you?
I am fine.
I'm currently sitting at a computer on the wonderful Greek island of Santorini, waiting for the sun to warm up the slightly-too-cold air so I can go lay on the beach.
It's been a while, I know... but I can explain.
See, I've been busy. I had this midterm I was supposed to write that I didn't even write because I was so busy.
Ummm... what was I busy doing?
That's not important. What is important is that I'm here now and updating you on my superbly glamorous lifestyle... right?
Anywho.
Wolf's friend Steph who is studying in Madrid came to town, so we showed her a good time around the way. We went to Lucille's, who allegedly serves the best burger in the entire world, so says Time magazine. I ate one. Well, half of one. It was okay, but I think not having eaten meat in almost three years kind of left me no frame of reference for comparison, so my opinion on the matter is kind of moot. Also, I ate a delicious offering of the breakfast triumverate (pancakes, waffles, french toast), which left me so full I couldn't eat for at least two days.... or a couple hours anyway.
We also colored some eggs for Easter and then went to Dahab and did a desert safari where we climbed the mountains and I broke one of Nathaniel's sandals that I was using without his permission. The good news is that I broke the left one, which complimented nicely my unbroken left one (whose right one I had broken earlier, in Wadi Digla, where we had a picnic I don't think I ever mentioned), so that now I wear two unmatching sandals, one of which is slightly lower than the other, forever giving me back pains and headaches... but not really.
About spring break: so, remember when I said I was going to Morrocco? Well, I did say that, even if you don't remember. Well, then remember how I said I was going to Tunisia? Well, once again, I did. Well, as it turns out, my credit card wasn't working on the Egypt Air website so I couldn't buy the tickets in time so they skyrocketed in price and I was left with no plans for spring break.
Enter http://www.kayak.com, which allowed me to search around for places I might like to go from Cairo for under $300. I found three options: Spain, Turkey, and Greece. I asked my travel partner Sam, which he'd like to go to, to which he replied: "I don't know." I prodded him a bit more and got him to pick one, which ended up being Greece. So, here we are.
Sort of. I went and bought the tickets (after some ridiculous nonsense about me not being able to use my card in person either, then I could only buy one ticket, then I could buy both and it was all good) and then we left the next day.
We tried to couch surf, but being as it was Easter in Greece [Wait, two Easters? "How can this be?" you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked: Greece uses the Russian Orthodox dates for Easter, which, except for once every four years or so, end up being a bit later than "normal" easter... so... yeah... it was Easter two weekends in a row for me.... woot], everyone was busy with family stuff and we weren't able to get any free accomodation. We stayed in a hostel in Athens for a few days (doing an island cruise, seeing the Acropolis and the rest of the ancient ruins, doing hand stands for free food) before heading up to Meteora with our newfound friend Ash, the Aussie.
We climbed and hiked around for hours (me in only my sandals, because they're the only shoes I brought, which probably wasn't the best idea), saw turtles having sex, slept on a bench, and celebrated another Easter. Back to Athens we went, before catching a ferry to Santorini, where we've been relaxing for three days now. Yesterday we rented quads and zoomed about the island, annoying locals and watching our friend James flip his for the third day in a row. Ouch.
It's obnoxiously windy right now and there are a few too many clouds out for my taste, which is why I sit here blathering on about the things that I am blathering on about. I've reached the end of my thread though, so I'll leave you with the promise of two things once I return to Cario: pictures of the houseboat, as well as pictures of our Pirate party on the houseboat (perhaps both at the same time?) we'll be having in a week. Pirate costumes, pirated music, perhaps even a showdown with the infamous pirate "No Beard". Be excited.
Also, my iPhone is still broken and Sam didn't bring a camera so there are no pictures of Greece. Sorry.
