Chromata Imerovigli

... lava from looking and feeling the shape and texture of them.<br><br>Next stop was just around the bay to the hot springs. The heat from below the surface on the edge of the island has basically formed a warm "bit" of the ocean. A quick dive off the boat and 100m swim in icy cold waters and we were soon both basking in the warmth of a volcano! It also spurts out red mud that if you put it all over yourself you'll become 10 years younger! Some dude there was trying to get his ...

Well, a very enjoyable last night in Santorini. had dinner at a lovely restaurant overlooking the sunset strip. Pity it wasn't the clearest of nights but still spectacular.<br>Dinner consisted of grilled pork with pureed red pepper and potatoes with cheese and Souvlaki Lamb with baked potato.<br>A 5.00 am start got us on to the flight to Athens then Rome.

After a sleep in we wandered into town to choose a suitable location for our anniversary dinner tonight (21 years!).<br>As usual we just had to take more photos ~ don't worry, after a few more tonight this will be all of Santorini.<br>Next, Italy where the forecast is 0 to 14 degrees. BRR BRR

... After an hour or so walking over the lava flows we motored on to some hot springs where hardier folk than us braved an icy plunge into the sea to reach the warm springs.(Hey we're used to tropical waters!)<br>Soon we moored at Thirasia Island for a couple of hours for lunch and Mythos at waterfront tavernas which are still much as they were 50 years ago.<br>Tomorrow is our last day here so we are making the most of the sun, as the forecast for Italy is bloody freezing

... a cappuccino overlooking the sea and the cruise ships below and then headed onto Kamari beach. The beach has black sandand the little village is a very cool. There are restaurants and bars all along the water. We stopped and had a bite to eat- Steve had gyros (pita bread with lamb and tzatziki) and I had chicken souvlaki. Then I went for a quick swim. It was lovely. The bottom is smooth lava that is hard and slippery. <br>We drove from there to Oia, taking the ...

A much more sensible pickup time of 9.45am this morning, saw Spiros drive us to Athens airport in another lovely Mercedes taxi. It took only 30 minutes in light Sunday morning traffic which was a pleasant change from the Athens city congestion typical of a place where 5 million people are endeavouring to get around, appearing every now &amp; then to try to do so at the one time!<br><br>While waiting for our flight, we had a quick look ...

... Quintara and Rivera. The husband then said his grandparents lived for years (and died while living in) a house between Quintara and Rivera -- the house next to my cousin's! I did ask everyone and to our knowledge, none of us knows Kevin Bacon. . . Tomorrow we head on to Naxos. We are very sad to leave Santorini but we look forward to seeing another island. And, of course, new cats.

Had our "See Santorini in ine day" tour today. Combined a coach tour to the prohet Elias Monastery, the village of Pyrgos, then a boat trip from Athinius port to the island of Nea Kameni in the centre of the main caldera of Santorini which is still classified as an active volcano as the ...

... One thing that really surprises me is that you can see donkeys in the streets! sorry but I'm a big city girl and these kind of things really strike me! At night we have dinner at Cesare restaurant and we share a dish of mezedes (typical greek appetizers: dolmades, feta cheese, zatziki, taramosalata and aubergine paté) and zucchini. Then we spend the night at the terrace of a cocktail bar with a spectacular ...

... We disembarked and looked for our pick up who would take us to the Caldera Apartments in the town of Imerovigli, which as we soon would discover, is the highest spot on the island with the most spectacular views. The drive from the port to our place was nothing short of harrowing n the beginning. We spent the first 15 minutes scaling the cliff, zig-zaging our way to the top. There was no margin for error here as it was a steep drop all the way down to the sea. The owner of the ...