We continue on to arrive to the port in Santorini and  to a complete zoo. A ton of people packed in to disembark!  Never have I been so happy to see a guy with my name on a paper. Wow, worth every pennies. That is absolutely crazy.

And then the ascent begins. There is no doubt in my mind that Mathew would definitely be vomiting by now. The zigzagging road going up the cliff is worst that the road going up to Chamonix in the French Alps AND the road going down to Monaco in the French Riviera. Christine, Annie t’en souviens-tu? Pire j’te dis!!! Je prends une photo demain.

Eventually we arrive in Oia. Thank goodness I didn’t listen to all the travel tips and stayed somewhere else to save money on the room.  Staying here is worth every gazillion pennies.  The view has got to be one of the most astounding breathtaking landscaping view I have seen anywhere in the world. My point and shoot camera can not give it justice but it is worth a try. First some shots from our room and the stairs at the resort. The whole village is built on a cliff remember!

 

Our room in the Armeni Villages is great with our patio overlooking the volcanoes and the remainder of the island. If you can imagine a croissant, we are at the tip of one of the end and can see all the rest.  The village is carved on a cliff. And what a cliff! To the right of us is where the sun sets,  it is referred to as one of the most magnificent sunset in the world and we catch a glimpse of it tonight to see why.  We walk through the pedestrian streets with innumerable shops which of course prompts chuck to remind me that I am to shop on my own tomorrow!  No problems there!

We end up at the end of the island where it opens up to a wide open view of the sun setting!  We will be back tomorrow.

 

We eat at the Skala as recommended by our bus boy and here is my new word for the day.  It means stairs and boy is it perfectly names. No need for a stair master here!

 

We have the best smoked trout, vegetable soup, cheese and olive pie appetizer.

We make plans to go down to the small port tomorrow sitting on the patio of the restaurant as we read about the donkey who carry supplies up and down and ignore tourists.  We hear them coming!! Right by our table, there they are. More than 20 of them.  Quite a sight!

 

Bill, if I was a sailor, this is where I would want to moor at night and sail during the day!

We are back at our room for a quiet evening looking at the starry night and getting organized for our wine and food lover tour tomorrow. I get to cook with a local chef!  Yay!! Get ready for a Greek night at the Murray! Plus we found bottles of Metaxa to bring back to sample with Iona. You know like a tasting samples night, scotch versus Metaxa !

If I had know this before, I would have skipped Athens all together and come here for more nights. This is the place to be!!