Anthonas Apartments Imerovigli

... interesting to note that after the rain that had fallen in the past couple of days there was a huge amount of rock and volcanic sand strewn across the roads.

As sunset approached we found ourselves back at Oia. The rain and clouds put paid to any ideas of a magnificent sunset, but we saw the bay of Ammoudiou and Jess had a close encounter with a donkey. We decided to keep the car for another day.

A power cut in the morning meant we hurried out the door. Our ...

... buildings with stunning caldera backdrops that you will need another memory card. It took us almost an hour to reach the village of Imerovigli, another town perched impossibly on the top of the cliffs. Although there was nothing open in this town except the supermarket, this allowed us to get the water we needed (but not the coffee stop we craved...)

We were told that the walk to Oia is two hours, but the literature (once we read it) said 3 hours. We took more than four ...

We needed to be out the door by 6.30 to make our ferry, the Blue Star Ithaki which was scheduled to depart at 7.25. We got away on time, although arriving at the ferry only half an hour prior to departure meant we didn't get comfortable seats – the Greeks clearly knew to be there early!

The Ithaki is a modern ferry with modern facilities, including its own branch of a fast food store (Goodies). It was interesting to watch the locals sprawl over the ...

... in Greece once, lets just do it. So we plummeted into the water, which by the way WAS cold, and swam as fast as we could to the warm part of the water. It wasn't very hot at all despite being called "hot springs."   We looked up at the little volcano next to us, and there were wild goats and chickens running around. Soon after, we decided to go back to the boat... and like pulling off a band-aid, we swam as fast as we could back through the cold ocean water. It ...

... in the bay. We hiked up to the top of the volcano and saw amazing views of Santorini, almost looks like snow on top of mountains with all of the white houses lining the tops of the cliffs. The water is unbelievably blue. The hike up irritated my knee a bit which wasn't great considering the hike down and all of the hills in town to get anywhere. I survived though, thanks to Barb's stretches! After the volcano we went ...

... more like underaged whisky than wines, but feeling a little obliged for having him go through all this trouble, we bought a bottle each as a souvenir for this rather unusual experience, grateful we had at least something to show after all that driving around. "Come again!", he said, as we left the cellar, and we smiled back at him. We spent the rest of our time in Santorini exploring red and black sand beaches, as well as a half day trip to the volcanically active island ...

... ll be able to procreate any further.
Look at the amount of mule waiting for us!!








We decided against riding it down, but we want to take a picture of us riding the mule.











This is how Ai Ling look like at the beginning of the journey, and this is how I look like half way ...