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Beautiful island with an explosive history
... to the sea in two places, in the northwest and southwest. The caldera being 400m deep makes it possible for all but the largest ships to anchor anywhere in the protected bay; there is also a newly built marina in Vlychada on the southwestern coast. The principal port is called Athinias. The capital, Fira, clings to the top of the cliff looking down on the lagoon.
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I'm on a boat again!
... I hauled our bags and brought Holly up to sit on the lovely couches and we ended up having a great ferry ride into santorini. They had WiFi, plenty of room to stretch out and have a sleep and power to charge the laptop. I even got in some practise on my guitar! 14 hours just seemed to fly by when we had so much to do!
When we finally arrived we were super lucky to have my best ...
Kerkyra, Greece to Santorini, Greece, finally
... that relies on that industry for its livelihood, the natural beauty still remains, the sunsets as spectacular as I remember, the whitewash villages precariously perched along the cliffs looking like mother nature could shrug them off with the flick of an earthquake and put things back the way they once were.
I was bothered when delays caused my stay on Santorini to shorten from 3 days from 2, but now it's OK - I'm ready to leave.
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Santorini Day 2
... you couldn’t get there by bus so we were glad we had hired the car. It had an amazing view of the sunset looking out over the volcano, and the food was pretty good too.
We had to have the car back by 10pm so made it back with about half an hour to spare. Again, it felt too easy, we just returned the keys and they said goodbye, no paperwork to fill in. Sounded dodgy but everything worked out ...
Its not ALL fun being away
... when they get back to some form of normalcy (as a family) before beginning it all again the next ‘tourist season’. Economic times have hit Greece particularly hard and the tourist dollar is very much sought after. In order to secure a ‘slice of the pie’ these people need to give more of themselves, offer something extra and ‘go the extra mile’ just to be in the race. Artemis and Sylvia did this every hour of every day of every week ...