The weather is better. We were the last to have breakfast. The breakfast bar left nothing much. We had bread and coffee and 2 hard-boiled eggs each. Quite miserable. How could they not refill their breakfast bar?
Then, Alexis appeared for the first time. He was the guy we have been communicating with on email before we came. He offered to get us some coffee. He came back with 3 glasses of Frappe, but tasted weird. Clarence said it tasted like glue coffee, instead of Greek coffee. Alexis reappeared with 2 maps. He even gave us a brief history of the island, how the volcanic eruption happened and thus how the caldera was formed blah blah blah..He recommended a list of places we could go:
- Amoudi Port, Oia – has a harbor and has fishing activities going on.
- Melenio Bakery, Oia-offers great sweets.
- Galavas Vineyard, Megalohori-offers free wine tasting
- Raki restaurant, Megalohori-authentic Greek cuisine and it does not serve coke as it sees coke to be non-Greek.
- Wet stories Beach Bar at Perivolos Beach- get free deck chairs as guests from Blue Dolphin.
- Kamari Beach – if which a touristy spot with lots of hotels, restaurants and bars.
- Red beach – at the Akrotiri area.
- Delfini Fish -a restaurant near the red beach.
We got our complimentary car today. It was a small manual Hyundai 1.4l. When was the last time we drove a manual car? Couldn’t even recall. Clarence declined driving cos it was double challenge for him: 1) it was right hand drive & 2) it was a manual car. He was better off being the VC- Vehicle Commander 
Struggled a little to get comfortable with the car and map, we hit the beaches! Isn’t it amazing this island has white, red and black beach?
The red beach has its name cos it is against a gigantic piece of red rock. That’s how the name came about. Orrrr…I see.
Then we stopover at the black beach. The black is black because it composed of black volcanic rocks. Orrrrr….I see.
Lunch was at Raki restaurant at Megalohori, that one recommended by Alexis. I love their yogurt mousse with some plum or prune sauce. Their main course were very nice too. But I couldn’t recall what I had. 
We rated this restaurant the best Greek Cuisine so far. Besides that, its the human touch. The waitresses knew their stuff on top of their good service. Highly recommended
The Gavalas vineyard was just around the street from Raki restaurant. The wine tasting cum little tour so called, was not free. Per person 5 euro and conducted by this very pretty and busty Greek lady. My favourite is the Santorini Vinsanto – a dessert wine, which the vineyard apparently only 5000 bottles per year. We only tasted a total of 4 types of wine. Clarence bought a bottle of Vinsanto in the end.
We spent the afternoon at Perivolos Beach. Wet Stories Beach bar was a very cool place. It had a lot of deck chairs and beds for sunbathing. We went up to the waiter and told them we were from Blue Dolphin, and guess what. The waiter just said that we were free to make use of the deck chairs, no need to be guests of Blue Dolphin. At this point, I wanted to laugh, I wondered if we sounded ridiculous to him. Anyway, we could actually use any of the furniture without buying any drink from them – no obligation.
At one point, the waiter came around distributing free vodka shots to all the people I couldn’t stop smiling.
We drove to Oia to watch the famous sunset. We could have taken a wrong route but it turned out to be a long scenic drive along the cliff. The view was amazing but maybe a little scary as we maneuvered along the winding road inches from the cliff.
There are many arts and handicrafts stores along the street. These artists chose to paint on doors and window panes instead of the conventional canvas. Very impressive.
We chose to dine at a restaurant with a sunset view, called Strogili. We had at table at the roofttop. It was extremely windy and chilly! We had a hard time enjoying our very delicious dinner and watching sun setting at the same time. I often looked up at the view, just like watching TV during dinner. Awesome! No wonder it was highly recommended in the guide books. I didn’t manage to take any nice sun set shots, just enjoy the view.
(See what I mean? These 2 buddies even like similar jacket!)
We passed by the Melenio bakery and decided to check it out. They have quite a lot to choose from. I was admiring and deciding if I should get something. When I looked up from the display fridge, I saw the guy digging his nose! I was immediately turned off! Sorry I couldn’t tell you if the pastry was nice.
