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Santorini
June 7th, 2007 Today we arrived in Santorini. Our hotel (Hotel Ira) is in Fira Stephanie which is just outside of Fira (ÔHPA). This is the most beautiful place that I have seen. The only negative thing I can mention is the donkeys on the stairs to the old port area. They have left a wonderful trail of "land mines" the whole way. If you're headed …
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 ...
10th Day of the Cruise
... WOW!!! What a sight…trying to get my Tai Chi happening took all the concentration I could muster.
While all this was happening the Cruise director, John , let us all know that we were very lucky to be at Santorini when our ship was the only one here which meant the island will not be very busy with too many tourists…and that the tenders from the island where ready to pick us up. I continued with my tai chi when 10 minutes later he came on again ...
Its not ALL fun being away
... VERY STERN email later the package showed up in Paris …however by that time I had left and was then in Italy so it was the bank who had to courier it to me in Italy. The final hiccup in this disastrous process (that took ONE MONTH to complete, from the cancellation of the old card to the reissue and return of my new card) was that the courier company couldn’t find the BLOODY big piece of land in Italy with a farm house, where hundreds of grape vines and fruit ...
Lazy Days Begin
... Fira. We ended up having a fantastic dinner at Nouassa Taverna in Fira. The wait for a table was about 30 minutes but the owner was very friendly and they gave us free wine while we waited AND with dinner. We tried pork souvlaki and enjoyed getting to know our new friends.
We ended up back at the hotel around 1am for bed and, since we had already agreed not to set an alarm unless absolutely necessary we fell fast ...