Darkness still hung over Athens as we sleepily rolled our suitcases out of the hotel and down the uneven, cracked sidewalks on our second morning. When we reached the nearby metro, the sky and traffic were just waking up. The early morning may have been painful, but the pay0ff was about to be sweet; heading out of town and to the port, we were leaving mainland Greece for the sun-soaked, caldera-famed Santorini. I wasn’t simply excited, I was practically giddy.
There are flights from Athens to the tiny island of Santorini, off the southeast coast of mainland Greece, but we wanted a fuller travel experience. There are two companies who ferry out to Greek islands, one is speedy, one is not. We chose slow and easy.
The further out we went, the deeper blue the water became. A blue that makes you feel cold and thirsty and full of dreams. A blue that reminded me of the Mediterranean hugging Monaco’s coast as I saw it a few months earlier. When we first left Athens behind us, we were alone with open water. Then suddenly, small islands began to appear; first, inhabited blocks of rock and then, green, white home-adorned, tourist-funneling havens. Anticipation rose higher with each stop that wasn’t ours.
And as the hours passed one another, breakfast rolled to lunch to afternoon to…when will we get there?! Only the choppiness of the Greek waves could mirror anticipation’s continued climb; and to the point that it became pure comedy trying to walk a straight line across the deck, down the stairs and into the air-conditioned waiting area. When Santorini was finally called as the next stop, we made our way down into the belly of the boat. Holding on to our luggage for steady as the ferry rocked and jittered into the port, the crowd began to smush. Finally, the mouth of the boat began to open, revealing no clues to Santorini but a strip of sky and the face of a massive rock. The door lowered so slowly and with such mystery that it felt like we were about to be thrown into our own Hunger Games.
Finally released from the ferry, rock was all that I saw; from here, Santorini remained a mystery.
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The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
The Zune concentrates on being a Portable Media Player. Not a web browser. Not a game machine. Maybe in the future it’ll do even better in those areas, but for now it’s a fantastic way to organize and listen to your music and videos, and is without peer in that regard. The iPod’s strengths are its web browsing and apps. If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.
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If you’re still on the fence: grab your favorite earphones, head down to a Best Buy and ask to plug them into a Zune then an iPod and see which one sounds better to you, and which interface makes you smile more. Then you’ll know which is right for you.
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