Santorini

Santorini has been terrific.  We were sad to leave Crete because we had made friends in our small village but when we took the ferry to Santorini on Saturday you couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the amazing volcanic island.  

We are staying in Fira which sits on top of the island. We walked all along the cobblestone alleyways in Fira with views of the cliffs, the water below and the iconic white and blue buildings.

We rented ATVs and drove to the beach on the other side of the island and towards Oia.  Stopped to look at more views as the sunset began.  We also saw a few sunset weddings going on at the cliffside hotels and restaurants.

Dinner was take out.  Two Euro Gyro pitas a Mythos beer for us and chocolate milk for the boys.  We ate them sitting on a ledge watching the end of the sunset.  The food and view were perfect but we made kind of a mess trying to eat in an akward location.  It was still worth it.  Of course we had banana chocolate ice cream on the way back to the hotel.  Today we had a nice breakfast at the hotel then headed down the steep hill to the dock below.  We then took at nice old fashioned boat over to the volcano.  We hiked the volcano for an hour.  One cool (or should I say hot) moment was when we found a hole that had steam coming out of it. The boys loved putting their hands in and feeling the heat.   Then the boat took us to another spot where there were some volcanic hot springs.  Jonathan and Spencer swam from the boat but Nate and I were not quite up for the swim.  Then our boat took us back to the mainland where we decided to take a donkey ride back up the hill.  The donkey ride was fun but bumpy.  Those donkeys have a mind of their own they go when and where they want.  Ours kept taking us to the very edge of the walkway and it was a steep drop down but of course we were safe.

Then we went back to our ATVs.  I am so embarassed to be driving one around but they are a cheap easy way to get around the island.  Nate and I ride together and Jonathan has Spencer.  Of course Spencer really wants to ride it by himself but we wont let him.  Yesterday as we were riding a boy ran out and threw a ball of pokey plants at us.  I was a little mad but I realized if someone was driving a noisy ATV through my neighborhood I would probably do the same thing.  Today we went to another nice beach.  It was great for the kids.  There was lots of sand and play structures.  We all swam.  When we got back we went to a bar with a view and Jonathan and I drank rose while we watched another beautiful sunset.  The boys complained because they wanted food.  They weren’t awe struck by the sunset like we were.  

Now back at the hotel after another delicious dinner of gyros and greek salad, I am blogging, Jonathan reading, Nate quickly fell asleep and Spencer is reading his new favorite magazine Wired.

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