Armonia Kamari

... 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.

We have a rule in our family that on your birthday you get the day off. This year Jess had other ideas. I didn't have to do any jobs, but boy did I get a workout...

The day started with birthday treats – some wonderful presents that Jess and the girls had managed to conjure up from the limited shopping opportunities that Santorini provides at this time of year. As usual I was spoilt by some very thoughtful gifts.

After the pre3sent opening I went ...

... different from ours. I wonder what they would make of our world.

In the remainder of the day we had a stroll around Pyrgos, the girls had a splash in the black sands of Kamari Beach and we headed back to Ammoudiou Bay, stopping for some late lunch at the restaurant Nikoy, perched literally on the side of a cliff. Stunning views and nice food.

We reach Oia again as the sun was setting and had a lovely half hour or so strolling around Ammoudia Bay and the trail ...

... 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 ...

... Spain, Portugal Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Greece), the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, Lanzarote and Tenerife), the Greek Islands (Corfu, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Skiathos and Rhodes ...

... impressed that I downed all that cake, it was a proud moment!!!!! Thursday morning we stopped in Crete and we all slept right threw it. We were advised there was nothing to see where we docked. So we had lunch, chilled by the pool and then I learned how to make towel animals before getting ready for Santorini!!!!!!!!!!! We choose the Sailing and Volcano adventure. 1st we sailed to the active volcano and climbed to the top!! Then after climbing back ...

... so we went over and he goes "yes, come" and I got a bit panicky because I was conviced he was going to take us somewhere and kill us but luckily he lead us to a bus with the hotel name on it. At the hotel he gave us a choice of having a room with a kitchen 300m away or a room with no kitchen at the hotel so we took the one at the hotel and it was ok but a bit small. Had a fridge and air-con though. Saturday 18 August Ahh! Waking up on a greek island! First thing we did was move ...

... it. Heheheh...











So many mules, of course there will be so many sh*t too!!! We have to make sure we don't step on any of them!













Finally we are there. Eh? It is the same place where we took our boat ride yesterday!






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Thira, South Aegean, Greece songwillie