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Beautiful island with an explosive history
... led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.
Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic explosion that destroyed the earliest settlements on a ...
Sunbathing in the Rain
... roads of Santorini. We learned a bit of Greek along the way, which is to say that "Unique Caldera Views - 100 m" actually means "expensive cafe - 100m". But the sun was finally out on that side of the island so we stopped and sipped our expensive fruit juice and enjoyed the view and the rays.
Our journey continued to the south of the island where we found the red beach, which is aptly named for the colour of ...
Rough seas, wind, white, and blue all in one day!
... and it is believed that at one time this small middle island was connected to Santorini but during an eruption of the volcano part of the land sunk and the part which sunk is believed to be the missing Atlantis. Before Jacque Crusoe died he came to the middle volcano island but the water between the two islands is too deep for it to be explored and since his death no other ocean explores have been back. The ring that I mentioned in the beginning ...
Friends and sunsets
... the itinerary was a trip to Thirassia, the tiny island off Santorini, where we spent the afternoon. We couldn't get in the water quick enough - stunningly clear and a relief as we scrubbed off the orange from our skin and out of our hair. We had an awesome lunch - seafood on skewers which were cooked on a coal barbecue, then we snorkeled and chilled on the beach before heading back to Santorini at about 5pm. We hopped in the pool back at the abode, again attempting to ...
Red beach relaxing
... same with mine. What an angel!
Finally after dinner he brought us shooters of dessert wine, on the house. Then I called him over for a photo. He seemed to be very experienced in getting his photo taken with a group of fun ladies like ourselves.
After dinner we just walked around the shops and bought a few last souvenirs. I had seen a towel with a donkey on it frequently in the area but only in one shop was it 5 euors. Everywhere else it was at least 7. I went ...