Blogs from Santorini, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 22

For more of my photos, or to buy my book, please visit www.nickkembel.com Which words do I use to summarize one of the most beautiful places I have ever been? I have wanted to go to Greece for as long as I can remember, and Santorini was always the part I wanted to visit the most. The tiny C shaped island is composed of the remains of an enormous volcanic eruption some 3600 years ago that is thought to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilization by sending an enormous tsunami to neighboring Crete. In the center of the C sits a small black island which is actually the volcano's caldera, and to this day it is still active and produces warm water springs which spill into the ocean and tourists pile ... read more

Our decision to visit Santorini was initiated as follows. Jonathan: "Where should we go after Mykonos?" Zara: "I don't know. What's another really Greek island? How about Santorini? I've heard of that one." Jonathan: "Too far. What about Naxos? Hang on, I have to check my e-mail." Naxos was described in our guidebook as a beautiful island with magnificent beaches. Santorini a magnificent island with beautiful beaches. No help from Lonely Planet. But Jonathan found the answer in his inbox. Stan and Amanda, two Aussies we met in Italy and traveled through France with, were traveling to Santorini and wondered where we might be. So we followed the winds of fate to join them. The caldera view that greeted us was one of a kind. The island is shaped like an engagement ring, with a ... read more

ARGHHHH so i just wrote of my past weekk and the stupid connection dropped and i lost it. so you only get an overviewnow! sorry. Okay so Mykanos we were going to go out to delos , an island of ancient ruins but they werent running boats that day so we spent antoher day on the beach. anyway ferried it over to PAros. Stayed quite a bit out of town but on the beach in little kennel looking things with lockable doors and beds with linen and pillows provided. Next day we cruised on around paros and anti paros. our first stop was a 10m ocean cliff jump but i chickened out!! jess and jessie were the first girls to do it second stop was a secluded beach where we ate souvlaki tzatziki andbread. yum yum. ... read more

This 2-day stopover Santorini was booked as it was the only way we could get to Athens that worked with our flight to Copenhagen. We had fun again in Santorini and agree with everyone else that it is a beautiful island. We realized that the first time we were here earlier this summer we got caught in what we call the "cruise loop": the boat people (as Mom likes to call them) wander around in a tight circle looking at different shops. You may recall we tried to find a souvlaki stand last time and ended up having a fabulous meal at Nouassa Restaurant. This time we walked around ALL of Fira and found a million souvlaki stands! But we still went back to Nouassa for lunch our first day and had the best lunch of ... read more

1. You can wear Royal Caribbean keychains as earrings for that time when you want a big white and blue plastic accessory to compliment your outfit. 2. You can wear a string bikini when you’re in your 80s. You won’t look good but you can wear it. 3. Don’t ever tell people you wish your wife of 4 days had less attitude in front of a theatre full of people. The rest of us will laugh and laugh and laugh. 4. Re: getting burnt. Response we heard someone say to a friend warning her that she’s burnt: “I don’t burn because I’m showering a lot”. 5. Ignorance is bliss. Case in point: “People in Croatia should just learn English to make it easier for us to shop”. 6. It’s ok for young girls to wear stilettos. ... read more