volcano and sunset

so lawnmower was fun. almost died in the wind. but came out unscathed, although shivering. so today we went to climb the volcano. so first we took a bus to fira, the capital. however, this bus is not like a regular city bus, it;s a coach charter bus. we walked around fira mostly being accosted by shop owners wanting me to buy jewelry. at some point this asian lady (she had an accent, so i literally was able to understand half the stuff she said) told me i needed to buy something because she wanted to make me happy and she knew i was going to go away and come back with a man to buy me something because she just wanted to make me happy. then, there was a giant stairwalk, made out of cobblestone and marble that we walked down to get to the port. the only problem is that for like 5 Euro you can have a donkey take you down. so the whole thing is lined with chained donkeys, the whole strip is covered in tdonkey poo and pee and i'm walking down. me and teh donkeys had a deal: whenever i was passing them, they had to keep their tails down. everyone let's concentrate. after i almost slipped to my poopy perish, it was really scary. so getting to the port, peed in the worst bathroom ever, rivaling tajikistan gross: no toilet paper, unflushed toilet, awesomeness. we got on the boat which looked like a pirate boat, seriously, i even hung on the....bars? the things that keep the sails up!! the boat took us to the volcano, which literally is an island full of rocks and i climbed all teh way up. the tape warning us about the island that played on teh boat got stuck. so 'the walk takes 1200 meters and will take you 20 to 25 min" 20 times. awesome. i feared i was going to go down the volcano on my ass, but, alas, i survived intact. the guy off the boat let us on into the volcano for free, but apparently that meant he was going to inappropriately touch carla instead, she took one for the team, good girl!! i stayed out of the sulfur hot srpings mainly because you had to swim through actual sea and it was cold. but then coming back to the port, somehow, i got the idea that i dont like donkeys and would rather just walk up teh stairs, up again. oh lord! i havent worked out in a while and the walk up, amidst poo and pee, and actively pooping donkeys was intense (i have pics, i swear) then we drove up to oia (the northern-most point on the island where there is a great sunset view). dinner at the restaurant, great sunset. the tops of my ears are currently burning. i think there are sunburned.