Parikia Town

... So why not a few lines and I'll leave it to someone else to explore the rest of the island. The old town of Parikia is pretty well all white except for the blue trimmings on most woodworking. Pretty cute with a nautical feel. However ...

... the village of Oia, renowned for its sunsets. Any sunset postcard from Santorini or just about any sunset postcard you'll find in Greece, was taken in Oia. As a result it has become so upmarket, upmarket doesn't give it justice. For example, the Stoners ...

... , she really made my stay here much much better than it would have been on my own.  I got on the bus back to Parikia and wasn't too happy to hear there was no ferry going to Mykonos. I double checked with 5 more agents in other offices. Nothin. ...

... out to dinner and I had spinach balls and Greek salad. I was chastised by Themis our tour leader for asking for tomato sauce to go on my spinach balls. They had to search the kitchen to find me a bottle. Clearly, tomato sauce is not popular in ...

... our way to the hotel and later to the Aegean Centre for the Fine Arts for the orientation of the course.  The beach in town is alright but if you leave Paroikia, the beaches are much better.  More to come later, when I retreive my notebook ...

... of you who have posted comments.  It's great when the emails come through.  I've walked the streets of the old town trying for a free wi fi connection and then suddenly, bam, my emails start loading.  Today I have taken a more practical ...

... white square buildings with bits painted in blue surrounded by mostly brown ground.  The old section of the port town of Parikia is wonderful to walk through.  It is a labyrinth of little streets of these white houses narrowly separated by ...

... cooling sea breezes in the shade on a beach.  Then we stopped for coffee overlooking the water before heading back to Parikia.  Tomorrow will be another chillout day in which we attempt to eat our remaining food before moving on to Mykonos ...

... standing which looked pretty cool and then went to the Church of 99 doors which is one of the oldest in Christain churches in Greece.  It is called the Church of 99 doors because the 100th door was stolen by the Turkish when they took back part of ...

... that happens; I mean its great for privacy but I love to meet people, so it makes it much more difficult when your alone. The town is really small and "the famous beaches you take a bus too" well they are nice but the town around the beaches was even ...