Friday, August 1, 2008

Santorini, Greece

The only way to get to Fira is by donkey or ski lift---we chose the ski lift, and this is the view from the town.
You can tell this was before the beach because Ty's legs are so white:)
We are not breaking the law because we are in arabesque
Red Beach

Santorini is the most ruggedly beautiful place on earth!! What was once the island of Thira sank to the bottom of the caldera in the apocoliptic explosion in 1450 BC. The lagoon-like caldera is 32 square miles, and 1312 feet deep. Perched high atop Palea Kamini and Nea Kamini is picturesqu Santorini. The sugar cube houses and churches with brilliant blue domes are set againtst the deeper blue skies and Aegean Sea. This was our favorite port. We rented a dune buggy and went all over the island. We spent the morning in Ia and had amazing gyros. We then went to three amazing beaches--Kumari, Red Beach, and Perisa. My favorite was Perisa--it had amazing black lava sand beaches.

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