muscles stiff from being tense the whole night. ay caraho. went to travel agent, got ticket back to Piraeus (sundeck class, 4650 ΔPX). breakfast of chocolate croissant and juice. went to akrotiri (R, T, S, Tr), Iv went shopping. yes. fracas over buying of ticket. R showed student id but seller wouldn’t acknowledge it. R kept asking why and eventually threw 1200 ΔPX at the guy. at which point he said ‘money no good. out!’ apparently, the card had expired. rest paid 600. I showed the guy Na’s letter stating I was a College Year in Athens student and got in free. bought R’s ticket for him. site was pretty disappointing. all the frescoes were in the national museum, only some storage pithoi. had lunch at nearby café (on black sand beach). fries and pepsi (700). back in fira, went shopping with R. santorini is touristy, but very nicely so. lots of shops selling interesting stuff, much less tackier than the Plaka variety. went back to pension petros, T asleep, 3 of us went back out to wander. so incredibly picturesque, an amateur photographer’s joy. almost too easy. Tr finally got shirt and bracelet for her brother (who’s into hunting and fishing). took bus to athinios port with Tr. others were staying for one more night and leaving on Sunday at 11 am. ferry was a pleasant surprise. dividers are cushioned so might actually get some sleep. talking with Tr about languages and musical instruments. most enjoyable. bunch of germans came by and plunked themselves in sleeping bags beside us. 2 girls, 1 boy (abt 18) and an older guy. Katherine and ? fairly noisy, then an Israeli struck up a conversation with them. he was going to the army for 6 years, just been to ios, last fling for many soldiers-to-be. interesting for the first 30 minutes or so, then it became a nuisance as Tr and I tried to get to sleep. they stopped around 2 or 3 am. we docked at Piraeus at 4.30 am. took cab back, 2000 ΔPX each.