ATV + Zach Galifianakis + Santorini

Today I went ATVing in Santorini. OMG it was incredible! On the ride to the beach I sat behind my friend Nate while he drove. I took pictures of the amazing views going by, waving to my friends in our 5-ATV caravan, and yelling out how cool it was. We rode to Oia, which is where you always see the picture of that white church with the blue roof. It’s the first image that pops in your head when you think of Greece. So we went down to this beach area below the town and I had an amazing greek salad and tzatziki. Then we went swimming, which felt so refreshing in the sun! While walking back to the ATVs, sitting at the restaurant we just ate at, we saw Zach Galifianakis!!!! I couldn’t believe it! Everyone else didn’t believe it was him at first, cause a lot of people look like him. So we stopped and looked back. He took off his sunglasses, had the same kind of chubby build to him, and had the same mannerisms. We stopped a little past him just staring at him and whispering. He looks back, one of my friends waves and he waves back. My day was amazing already, but this just put it over the top! Then I got to drive the ATV back and it was SO MUCH FUN!!! There were some times where a big tour bus was comin my way and not a whole lot of room for me to squeeze by, but that’s what’s gonna happen when you drive the mountain roads in Greece. It was exhilarating!

So that was my Monday of work. I pretty much got paid to do that. We kind of lose track of days on the ship. The only way we can tell what day it is is when we get in the elevator they have the day in the carpet on the floor. So a couple days it was Saturday and I had no idea until I stepped in the elevator! I was telling people it’s the weekend. For us, every day is a Friday or Saturday. Yeah, maybe we play a couple sets at night, but there will always be places to go at night, people to hang out with, and things to do at ports during the day. A lot of crew who have been to these ports many times and have done all the touristy things,usually just end up going to the beach during the day Sometimes people talk about going on vacation in between ship contracts. It’s funny for me, because I feel like I’m on vacation! I love my job. It could not be better.