Irigeneia Hotel Perissa

... for me.

Ancient Thira is well worth a visit. Perched impossibly on top of a mountain of pure rock it looks out to a view to forever. It’s not hard to imagine the reasoning behind setting a city up this high, even though it must have made life very challenging for the inhabitants. Wandering around the ancient laneways poking in and out of the ruins of houses thousands of years old made me wonder what life must have been life for the original inhabitants ...

... because we walked slowly, took breaks and lots of photos. At times the route is on a cobbled path and at times it’s just a goat track. It climbs up and down and skirts the cliff edge at all times. It really is something to experience. Along the route are dotted a series of picture-perfect chapels. I was disappointed to find them locked though.

Although the walk is only 12 km, its climbs and descents make it very challenging, at least for us and we were completely buggered ...

... of the Santorini caldera it is a most accurate word. I’ve posted some pictures but it is impossible to capture the haunting beauty and the perfect stillness of the caldera when viewed from above.

The Aroma Suites is one of the few accommodation establishments in Fira to stay open over the winter and good on Thanes for being a bit enterprising because as far as I can tell it is paying off – there are at least 4 other groups staying here at the ...

... at the market across from my hotel to buy food for lunches and snacks (sandwich bread/meat/condiments, tzatziki, cookies, fruit, crisps, nuts and drinks) for the week

~While at the Prehistoric Museum in Fira, perusing the ancient art (frescos, pottery, figurines etc) of Santorini (since Akrotiri, its actual archaeological site similar to Pompeii, was indefinitely closed to the public due to an accident there involving a tourist) and learning more ...

... and the middle of it caved it, so the towns are built all around the top. To get up to the top you have to climb this massive walk thinking you could possibly die on the way up, it goes on and on and you just drip with sweat!! The only other option is to take a donkey but i couldn't subject the poor animal to carry me up that hill! So we hoofed it and were expecting the most amazing city we've scene in our lives but were sadley dissapointed , there wasn't much ...

... well make use of the time to see if I can find any precious stones to bring back... hehehe...









Weee........ the first sign of the egg yolk! And here we are, two sleepy face with the sunrise.










Since we are up, we might as well get our day started earlier.
We moved our stuff ...