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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 ...
Island Hopping
We flew out of Rome and moved onto Santorini following a few hours between planes at Athens which allowed us to rush into town and go for a walk around the park surrounding the Acropolis (paying for admission would have been pointless - we only had 30 mins - we do like running for planes!). It was a bumpy landing in Santorini, and once we reached our hotel it was all too clear why - the wind was HOWLING over the island!
Santorini is one of three ...
Donkeys, dancing and baklava
... We visited some local farms, tasted homemade produce, wines, cheese, liquors (sometimes at 10am in the morning!) and took part in some traditional dancing. At one point Sarah got dragged up by a rather sleazy Greek man while Simon looked on laughing, to her embarrassment, snapping photos.
The cruise offered excellent entertainment and every night before dinner we headed to the theatre to see a production, which were very good. We ...
Santorini Day 3
Today we planned to stay in Kamari and go to the black beach for the day. We had to hire lounge chairs, because the rocks are too hot to lie on. This is where they get you, as it cost 6 euros for two chairs. You do get it for the whole day though.
All the restaurants along the beach offered some kind of meal for two deal, and so we hunted down the best one. It happened to be at the same restaurant we went to the ...
Tis Said !!
... last day of pool lounging. I had been pleased that my Italian spare tyre was slowly, but surely ,disappearing and that now I could swim 12 laps of the pool effortlessly without stopping. I haven’t swum for years and was really enjoying the solitude which is part of the exercise, as was the feeling of good health that is the reward after having indulged in it. The evening arrived all too soon and we all wandered up to the ‘LOCAL’ as we had now nick named ...