Chelidonia Villas
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Beautiful island with an explosive history
... island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central, rectangular lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 mi), is surrounded by 300 m (980 ft) high, steep cliffs on three sides. The main island slopes downward to the Aegean Sea. On the fourth side, the lagoon is separated from the sea by another much smaller island called Therasia; the lagoon ...
Red beach, Black beach???
... and to enjoy a quick dip in the hot tub whilst watching the sun setting from our viewpoint at Captain John's. We head into Oia for a bite to eat later on, but had to wait to be seated at the restaurant and then were presented with an overly expensive (75€) and pretentious dinner most of which was swimming in olive oil, so we won't be returning soon to [restaurant name], bit of a let down to our otherwise excellent day exploring ...
Our big fat Greek adventure
... Our hotel for the night is at the sth side of a large Greek town called Patra. This place seems to be almost as big as Athens and the ring road doesn't have that many off ramps. We have been driving for about 30 minutes, with no signs, when my GPS says we must be getting close. I take the next exit expecting to have to drive back through town to find the Hotel, but as we come onto the coast road there is the Hotel waiting. As I have always said " don't argue with your GPS (wife)". ...
The Aegean Experience
... exposed. All the towns on the archipelago are built along this rim, which may appear like white rocks in some of our photos. We docked the boat at the volcano's "caldera" and hiked the craters found there. The rest of our time on the island was spent eating delcious Greek cuisine, shopping and jumping off rocks. GREAT ...
Tying the Knot
... an the perfect spot to have a small reception. Since we only had our photographer for a little longer we cut the cake and then tried to set off a sky lateran. It was a bit windy and was difficult to light. It was a sky light you light with fire and the heat was suppose to lift the lantern up and be a symbol of us joining into one. We finally had the wood block on fire but it was not taking off. Then the manger came by and took it away. We first thought it ...
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