We sailed for 5 hours to the island of Santorini. Santorini is said to be the most beautiful of all the islands. It was my favorite!!!!! The villages sits on top of the island.
We had to take a bus to the top and through some of the villages on a tour. That was like an amusement ride. At times I would look out the window and there was the drop off only a couple of inches away! The views were spectacular!
This is a picture of the winding road we took up.
See the layers of roads out the window. I can see 3 in this pic!!
The island has a volcano that hasn’t been active for many years. Santorini used to be round but after the blast of the volcano it left the island in the shape of a crescent moon. The water that you see here used to be the middle of the island. Entire villages disappeared forever and is now buried 600 meters below the water.
I absolutely loved this little village and the house built into the side of the volcanic mountain! The views were some that we see in many movies.
Speaking of movies Angelina and Brad have a home on this island, but unlike Americans the Greeks don’t bother them or go gaga over them, so their house was not on our island tour! DANG!
There are over 500 churches on this island. Many of them have blue domes on them. There are many Catholic churches as well as Greek Orthodox. Many of the chapels are privately owned and used only once a year or for very special occasions.
Here are more pictures of home son the island and some of the walkways . Beautiful!
When it was time to leave the island we ahd three choices.
1. Take the cable car down and wait in a line.
2. Ride a donkey down. Wahoo! We were told that was dangerous and that many people fall off the donkeys. Lol!
3. Walk down and jump over the piles of donkey dung! Obstacle course!
Can you guess which one Ms. Iten and I chose?
All I remember is waking up on the steps and seeing this donkey!!
This was our cruise hostess. She was from Australia and was a former teacher. A very patient person!
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