Day 12

Santorini, Greece

Sunset in Santorini

On June 5th, day 12 of the trip, I woke up around 7am, and we all got off the ship to go to a museum.  We saw some interesting artworks there, including the Leaping Bull fresco and the Snake Goddess sculpture.  I had learned about these 2 articles in an art history I had taken, so they definitely were interesting to see in real life.  After the museum, we went back to the ship, and I decided to take a nap for an hour and a half.  Around 1:00, we all got tender boat tickets, and Kristin and I went to lunch afterwards.  We decided to play bingo, and I ended up winning 40 euro!  Around 4:30 we took a tender boat to Santorini.  Everyone was very excited about riding the donkeys up the mountain, but I originally was not going to do it.  I had never ridden any type of animal, so I was very nervous.  Once I got there, I ended up deciding to go for it.  It was absolutely terrifying!  My donkey took off when I first got on it, but luckily he slowed down after a while, although he did stay near the edge most of the time!  The scariest part was when there was a herd of donkeys coming down the hill and mine went right in the middle of them!  I have a nice brush burn souvenir to prove it.  Overall though, I'm definitely glad that I did it.  It was definitely an experience and something to remember.  After we hung out and shopped there for a while, we went back down the mountain on the cable car and took the tender boat home.  We all went to a nice dinner together as a group and got all dressed up.  I was super exhausted from everything that we did the whole trip, so I decided to get a good night's sleep for our long day ahead the next day. 

Overall, this trip was absolutely amazing! I had the time of my life and met so many great people!  I would most definitely go back to Italy and Greece again.  Both countries are absolutely beautiful.  This gave me a great incite as well on how to travel internationally and I'm excited to see other places of the world as well!