Fresh out of college, career recently launched, Scott spent the 4 months before our wedding working hard and saving money. We were able to have a wonderful honeymoon on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. If someone had told me then that we would spend our 35th wedding anniversary on the beautiful island of Santorini I would never have believed them! But that's exactly what we did!
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The island of Santorini is actually part of a large volcanic caldera. The most recent volcanic eruption took place in the 1950's however there are still places where steam is escaping from the ground, evidence that the volcano is only "sleeping". Earthquakes are also not uncommon here. Luckily, we did not experience any earthquakes nor volcanic eruptions. We had an absolutely gorgeous day to explore the island. Our boat was a bit large to dock, so we were tendered over to a small port. The towns are perched atop cliffs varying in height up to about 900 feet, so getting up the cliff face to the towns is a bit intimidating. We had booked a short guided tour, so we went by bus. Other options include going up by foot or by the donkeys for which Santorini is famous. We did see some, but we did not ride them.
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We toured the town of Pyrgos which is more typical of the towns dotting the small islands in this archipelago. After our tour of Pyrgos we enjoyed a Greek snack and then headed to Oia, the town we all think of as "Santorini" and the town pictured in all of the tourism photos. We walked the streets, did some shopping, and enjoyed a great Greek lunch.
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| The entire town is built into and along the top of the cliff side. |
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We saw a lot of different bell towers, mainly on Greek Orthodox churches. Each one seemed
unique, and all were quite pretty. |
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| The church bell towers are just beautiful here! |
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| Lots of shopping here! |
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| Our boat! |
Spending October 7, 2013 in Santorini was quite a treat!
I wonder what I can come up with for next year?….
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