Friday, May 14, 2010

Sunny Santorini........





Here we are in beautiful Santorini, temperature 33 degrees. Santorini is made up of volcanic lava, with huge unscalable cliffs and dramatic landscape. Prior to c.15000BC, Santorini was one large round island, however a volcanic eruption blew the island apart, and the centre sank into the sea, creating separate islands and a large basin of water between them, called the 'caldera'. It is thought that the land that sank was the lost City of Atalntis, as written about by Plato. We have been staying at a hotel on Perissa Beach, overlooking the black volcanic sand and the Aegean Sea. Yesterday we walked the steep path above the caldera, in the main town of Fira, with spectacular views over the volcano and surrounding islands. Like Mykonos, Fira is a sea of white buildings that seem to cling to the sheer cliffs. Last night we had a lovely mezee meal on the beach at Perissa and finished with the complimentary raki, a local spirit made from grape seeds and stems. It packs a powerful punch. Today we have moved to a family-run boutique hotel in Fira and will have our last meal in Greece watching the sun set over the caldera. Tomorrow, Rome .......

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