So, as I was saying last time, I finished up dinner with Ian in the middle of the buildings on the southwest side of Oia, then I headed out to go find this book store. It was a short walk and I found it quickly enough, and inside, there was this girl. Let's call her "Sally." So, I browsed around in there for a bit with her as she finished her conversation with the shop keepers (a pretty young crowd from mixed nations) and she then suggested we head out for a drink. We just wandered towards the sun's most recent position and ended up instead at a spot where you can look down over the harbor at Ammoudi. This was where we went out on the tourist boat to see the volcano island and near where we did the cliff jumping. So Sally and I settled into a little notch in this big rock wall and sat there for the next couple of hours talking about all kinds of terribly important things, ranging from Greek racism to the possibility that alien saviors will rescue a select few people among us once we finally bring on our own apocalypse. Once the town clock struck two we headed back towards the hostel. It was sort of a thing where we each wanted to continue hanging out, but also needed to sleep, and needed to do that in a hostel with rooms organized by gender amongst bunk beds. So, we went back and split up there. The next morning we got up and packed, grabbed breakfast, then bumped into Sally again before it was time to go, so I got her email (and physical address, which she provided for some reason - is that a hint or what?) and got back in touch with her a day or two later. We waited around for a bus that was characteristically late / non-existent and finally decided we needed to use a cab to make our ferry on time. Fortunately a couple of other kids noticed this and decided to do the same and split the cost with us. Coincidentally, they're both students at Columbia, as is Sally as well as my friend Valerie. Small world... And I'm nearly out of time. Okay, well, we made the ferry after the cab driver neglected to give me my towel out of his trunk and several hours later arrived in Amorgos. More soon...
posted by Matthew MacLeod @ 9:37 AM
2 Comments:
"Sally" huh? Sounds to me like you are having quite the adventure. Keep up the good work.
I read this first post thinking that you are in San Diego and using words such as "volcano" as code words for local spots. Boy was I confused, but it made for an interesting read.
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