Dionysos Seaside Resort
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Beautiful island with an explosive history
Such a lovely place.
Background:
The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep and ...
The big day out.
... mine, she said " the sad part of all this is that when we went to the back of the boat the boat moved off the sandbar!" We moved into deeper water, and eventually moored the boat. The Marina people have been so friendly. We quickly went up and had lunch (3.30) and we decided we would get cleaned up and catch a taxi to go into town.
We arrived in town at about 6.00. The town was full of tourists and quite busy. The girls started checking out the shops, and the boys were ...
Island Hopping
... form the rim of a massive volcano that blew its top around 3000 years ago, the centre sinking hundreds of metres into the ocean (another two islands are slowly rising over the centre of the caldera). Many now believe that the archeological findings here are the remnants of the famous Atlantis, and indeed the findings indicate a quite advanced and wealthy civilisation with fairly modern facilities such as hot and cold running water, and a functional ...
Donkeys, dancing and baklava
... part in some of the themed nights they had on offer, like an Italian night (Tarantella dancing), Rock and roll, Mambo and Cha cha lessons. We showed the oldies a thing or two. Turns out we were one of the youngest couples on the cruise, except for a few couples we met on their honeymoons. Other than that it was retired or older couples, and young families.
In Santorini we visited Oia Village (home of the blue domed Orthodox ...
Tis Said !!
... br>
Our three new friends arrived and before drinks were ordered we befriend two more (guys) from the next table, two young boys from Cananda who joined our group to share a meal, a laugh and ohhhh so much more (who could resist!?). We had the most fantastic evening, fantastic food and shared with the most fabulous people! Much wine was consumed and ZORBA the GREEK is cranked up again ! We got the boys up too and here we all were Christo, Nitza, Louise and I ...