Kamari Beach

... greek buildings forming a fantasic backdrop! Oh and Noma loved it even more cause she got to pull out her best impressions of cats cause there were plenty of them on the Island!! Lots of baby kitties!<br><br>Santorini has very famous sunsets so the last stop of the day was in a little village / town called Oia. What was little strange was the fact that the boat dropped us off at the base of some cliffs and said "Yep everyone it's up there!" They must have been about 200m high ...

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

... route there along the east coast of the island. I took a turn driving the ATV and had a blast! Then we stopped in Oia and had a look around.The views are awesome and the little village, perched on the hill, is filled with white buildings and hidden staircases. We headed back to Fiora and managed to walk down without getting run over by a donkey.<br>Corfu was nice as well but as Steve said, very different. It was very green and the sandybeaches were some of the ...

... baths, ancient iron utensils, knives, fish hooks, wall paintings, etc discovered at the dig site of Akrotiri on the island....Akrotiri is a town similar to Pompeii, in that it was covered in thick ash from an enormous volcanic eruption around 1500 BC, when the island was reshaped to be as we see it today.....half the original island blew up &amp; then subsided into the sea, creating the rim of the caldera that now exists...it is ...

(C) THOUGHT OF THE DAY - Ferries to the islands are sketchy and filled with gypsies. We decided not to rent a car and drive to Delphi today mostly because it was hot there and renting a car was so expensive. It seemed like a good idea to forego the difficult bus schedules and rent a car - but by the time we got to Athens, our patience was spent and the overnight boat for Santorini left in 2 hours. Perfect. We got on board and quickly scoped out ...

... message in response to the gift of vodka we left for him. He wrote, "I drinking some vodka and thinking for you. Svetlio." Our hearts warmed fore a moment before we returned to glorious, illustrious sleep! We arrived bright and early at Thessaloniki, an hour late of course, and hurried to the port to get tickets to Santorini, a Greek island twenty hours away by ferry. We tried at a dozen travel agencies and got interesting responses from the standard Greek grunt, to the "I'm sorry ...