Beautiful Santorini, also known as Thira, home of the most breathtaking sunsets in the world. I can't think of a single place on earth that took my breath away the way Santorini did. Santorini is an archipelago and is what remains of a volcanic caldera from the Minoan eruption sometime ~1630 BC. It is unusually shaped with steep cliffs on most sides so many of the dwellings are built into the sides of the cliffs. They tend to be cavernous and a bit damp, but still very cool. In addition because of the volcanic soil it's made the ground extremely fertile for planting grapes, and as a result a few wineries have popped up, like Santo Wines and Volcan Wines (we went to pretty much every winery on the island because well, we truly love wine.). It is also home to some unusual produce that is local to the region, like white eggplants.
Also as a result of the volcanic eruption there are beaches with sands of different colors - the beach sand color depends on which geologic layer from the volcanic solidified lava is exposed, like the red beach, black sand beach, and white sand beach. We visited both red and black beaches because they were just so unusual.
We stayed in Fira and ventured to both sides of the Island. I found Oia the most beautiful - the sunsets there, as I mentioned were just amazing. The food was delicious and fresh. We were however a little perturbed by the racism on the island - it's well known to be a honeymoon destination, but more often than not we got strange stares or were told to go back to China. What gives?? That left a bad taste in our mouths and if it wasn't for the natural beauty we were eager to just go back to Mykonos where everyone loves everyone.
My staples for the island? Dresses from Velvet by Graham and Spencer, tees from Love by Ya-Ya and bikinis and shorts from J.Crew.
We left Mykonos (hangover I might add) on the Blue Star Ferries to Santorini's ferry port and rented a car from there that barely made it up the winding roads to the top of Santorini towards Fira.
We hopped onto a boat that took us to what remains of the volcano
And hiked
For those of us who could swim jumped into the water towards the hot springs
Which I might add weren't very hot!
On our way back, we decided to take a Santorini Donkey Taxi
Akrotiri, the Red Beach
Opa!!!
Yet another winery
We love. Greek. Snacks.
Perissa, the Black Beach
The Apple "Verdia" Fanta was delicious!
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