Look Grandma, I'm riding a donkey! :)

This morning we met up with the group of UTHSCSA students that are also currently traveling in Greece. They all had different plans for the day, so Claire, Megan, and I decided to take a walk from Fira (where we are staying) to Oia (a city at the end of the island...about 6 miles away). It was a gorgeous walk!!! Near the ocean, up and down hills...it was really nice. On the way we stopped at a place called Skaro where there had been a castle prior to an earthquake way back. --- Santorini has a volcano just off shore that has been active since before 1500BC. An eruption around that time caused the island to break into 3 islands. All curve around the central caldera. It really is beautiful.

When we got to Oia we had a late lunch and enjoyed the views before catching a bus back to Fira. Then we took a trek down to the "old port" (Skalao) where we boarded donkeys to bring us back up to the calderra rim. It was awesome!!! Grandma, you would have been proud!

After our donkey ride we met up with the other 15 UTHSCSA students for dinner. It was fun to see some familiar faces and catch up!!!!