update

today i rented an ATV and headed to Parissa, about 12 miles out of Fira (main town)...it was just as i remembered it, black sands, hot beach, warm, clear water...omg right?

so, i went for a swim, and then had a read, and then had a smoke and a drink of water, and then another swim and then headed back to my towel...5 people had posted up near me so i decided to play Huckleberry Fin and say hello...they were Swedes, on vacation, duh, 2 couples and one dude named Arvid...all very nice people, i told them my name was Jeff Kent and that i was with the SDPD (San Diego Police Dept.)...they were very interested in my job...i told them i had been on the force for 3 1/2 years but was still considered a bit of a "rookie" due to my age...i had to kind of explain what a rookie was...i told them it was like a backup position player on a football team...they seemed to get it...they asked me if i had ever shot anyone and i said yes...i told them that despite what they may think it actually sucks to shoot someone...i told them i aimed for the guys right leg during a violent bank heist but ended up hitting him in the butt...i told them i got a lot of shit from the guys for that and they seemed to understand...i'm a rookie afterall...after that we all played a lot of paddle ball (something that needs to be exported to the states along with Frappe drinks) and swam for a bit more...they kept asking me if being a cop was like they showed on TV (i gather they have a lot of Law & Order in europe), i told them it was pretty much exactly like that except it takes the dectectives in my district a lot longer than an hour to break a case, they laughed a lot at that...we made tentative plans to meet up tonight for beers at a local pub, Murphy's Irish Pub...this is going well so far.

i'm about to head back to the hotel for lunch and a nap.

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