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... time to chat with the locals they told us how lucky we were to be visiting at this time of the year, how much nicer it is when it is quiet. As one shopkeeper told us 'Now you can see the real Santorini’

We had one last stroll around the laneways overlooking the caldera, one last meal at the excellent Pelican cafe and one last ice cream from our favourite sweet shop and one last soak in the Jacuzzi.

Ah Santorini, thank you for sharing your beauty with us.

... achievement - over 300 meters straight up, like climbing a 100 storey building. We celebrated by having a coffee at Cafe Classico, one of the few places on the cliff edge that remains open. That was an expensive mistake as we were treated to lousy coffee at 5 euro a pop. Yes, $8 for bad coffee.

Jess had organised a massage for me when we got back to the apartment. Ninety minutes of sheer indulgence. I felt like a new person afterwards and put on my new stylish ...

... we headed to Pyrgos and from here up to the highest point on Santorini – the Monastery of Prophet Ilias. the view from here appears to go forever. My main observation after our strenuous day of walking the day before was that climbing mountains is easier in a car.

Continuing our exploration we went back down the mountain then around a bit to Kamari Beach where we promptly headed back up the same mountain we had just come down from, but this time on the other ...

... the time we made it to Oia. Sadly, Oia was virtually shut down. It was a shame to see what is clearly a beautiful village present itself as a virtual ghost town. We eventually found one place where we could eat and we relaxed with a wine to distract us from the pain our feet were feeling. Unfortunately the famed sunset did not happen due to some low lying cloud. We’ll try again another day...

The next bus back to Fira was nearly an hour away so we called a taxi to take us home.

... there really wasn't a great view (which we were hoping for) from the dirt road, so we didn't feel bad heading back so soon. Jared let me drive on the way back and I was excited to finally take the wheel. I hopped in front and Jared showed me how to turn it on and give it some gas. Well, it turns out an ATV is much harder to drive than I thought it would be. I was too afraid to give it a lot of gas so we ended up getting stuck in the sand and couldn't even make it up a three inch ...

... the orange-red you see in Australia, more like a deep rust-coloured, almost brown red, alongside aqua-blue water against the backdrop of fantastic red cliffs. Tempting as the water looked, we set off again in search of White Beach (so named...well, you know the rest), but after various wrong turns and dead ends, we gave up, deciding instead to head towards the southernmost tip of Santorini. We stopped along the ...

... to get to the reception desk and another 20 steps or so to reach the street level. Often, you'll see the doorways that are connected to nothing...they just stick out there with the view of the ocean behind them. Once you enter the door, you need to immediately walk down stairs in order to reach the rest of the building. There is this one trail that takes you to the port and there's literally some 500-600 steps you need ...

... there is no escalator to go up again!









This is our simple breakfast for the day. Ice cream in Waffle and coffee. We prefer McDonald's coffee... hehehe.












After breakfast, we went for the mule ride. Mule is actually a cross between donkey and a horse, and it is unlikely that ...

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But the food is actually pretty good. It is from Greece that I learnt about Zucchini, and we ate plenty of them!

















I don't need to learn about beef, I can have them everywhere :p








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