After saying goodbye to Rhodes and a leisurely 7 hour ferry ride, we arrived at 2:00 am in Santorini. We selected a taxi at the port, and climbed our way from the port to the cliff town of Firostefani to meet our friendly inn-keeper, Gaby, at her family hotel, Gaby's Apartments.
We selected this hotel because of the rave reviews we found online. The room was basic- the towels didn't even fit around our waist and the shower was easily the worst we had on our entire trip, but the view was a million dollars.
Even though SE Asia provided us some wonderful landscapes, amazing sunsets and beautiful sights, Santorini was easily the most beautiful place we had ever seen. Thousands of travelers, artists and authors have devoted the best years of their lives to explain it, paint, and capture it, but Santorini is just indescribable and was made even more unbelievable by all the spring flowers in bloom.
The natural beauty of Santorini derives from the caldera in the center of the island, a remnant of a violent volcanic explosion, which created a lush green island with stunning cliffs for the ancient Greek's to build temples and modern Greek's to build their towns.
After tearing ourselves away from our view, we took a bus to visit the small town of Oia at the northernmost end of the island.
We spent our time in Oia strolling through town drinking Mythos, stopping in cute shops and taking in the beautiful scenery.
Oia is famous for its picturesque windmills and of course famous Mediterranean blue church domes.
AB loved the colorful boats in dry dock surrounded by all the spring wildflowers. Since the town is now all tourism based, no need for fishing.
Here is AB and ML enjoying the view while walking along the whitewashed houses over the caldera.
Santorini and all the Greek islands for that matter, are well known for their home grown white wines that grow well in the volcanic ash soil. We of course sampled them in ample quantities. Most of the sampling was done in the most beautiful spot we could think of, our balcony.
After being overwhelmed by Oia, we were excited to explore the famous black sand beaches. However, once we got to Thira, we discovered we were the only ones on the entire beach, so hopped the next bus out of town after a total of 45 minutes.
We of course has some great food while in Santorini. In addition to our favorites, Greek salad and gyros, we had good Greek cookies, amazing lamb moussaka and for our last night out, roasted lamb and ML's favorite, grilled calamari, with Santorini white wine. The restaurant owners were so excited we were celebrating our last meal after 4 months with them that we spent some time in the kitchen with the chef drinking his homemade limoncello.
We selected this hotel because of the rave reviews we found online. The room was basic- the towels didn't even fit around our waist and the shower was easily the worst we had on our entire trip, but the view was a million dollars.
Even though SE Asia provided us some wonderful landscapes, amazing sunsets and beautiful sights, Santorini was easily the most beautiful place we had ever seen. Thousands of travelers, artists and authors have devoted the best years of their lives to explain it, paint, and capture it, but Santorini is just indescribable and was made even more unbelievable by all the spring flowers in bloom.
The natural beauty of Santorini derives from the caldera in the center of the island, a remnant of a violent volcanic explosion, which created a lush green island with stunning cliffs for the ancient Greek's to build temples and modern Greek's to build their towns.
After tearing ourselves away from our view, we took a bus to visit the small town of Oia at the northernmost end of the island.
We spent our time in Oia strolling through town drinking Mythos, stopping in cute shops and taking in the beautiful scenery.
Oia is famous for its picturesque windmills and of course famous Mediterranean blue church domes.
AB loved the colorful boats in dry dock surrounded by all the spring wildflowers. Since the town is now all tourism based, no need for fishing.
Here is AB and ML enjoying the view while walking along the whitewashed houses over the caldera.
Santorini and all the Greek islands for that matter, are well known for their home grown white wines that grow well in the volcanic ash soil. We of course sampled them in ample quantities. Most of the sampling was done in the most beautiful spot we could think of, our balcony.
After being overwhelmed by Oia, we were excited to explore the famous black sand beaches. However, once we got to Thira, we discovered we were the only ones on the entire beach, so hopped the next bus out of town after a total of 45 minutes.
We of course has some great food while in Santorini. In addition to our favorites, Greek salad and gyros, we had good Greek cookies, amazing lamb moussaka and for our last night out, roasted lamb and ML's favorite, grilled calamari, with Santorini white wine. The restaurant owners were so excited we were celebrating our last meal after 4 months with them that we spent some time in the kitchen with the chef drinking his homemade limoncello.
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