We saw the sun setting over Santorini, now, how about when night falls?
Greece: Santorini, Sunset
A sunset in Santorini is such a sight.
Greece: Santorini, Donkeys
"Donkeeeey" (said in the voice of Shrek).
There is an option to ride a donkey up from the water's edge to the top. Otherwise, you can still see them as they come through the shopping alleys, like so.
Greece: Santorini, Blue Domes
We spent a good deal of time trying to find the famed blue-domed church, you know, the one that appears on every single Greek postcard or Google search for Santorini. Our quest to find the exact blue dome left us still searching several churches later. After meeting other tourists also in search of it, we all decided that there must be a separate, private, rooftop view of that particular view of that particular blue-domed church. We'd continue our search later...
Greece: Santorini, Favourites
Allow me to share some of my favourite shots from Santorini.
Greece: Santorini, Blue
We saw some green, now back to blue. Also, the first sight of one (of many) famed blue-domed churches in Santorini! And one of my favourite things to shoot, clothes on a clothes line.
Greece: Santorini, Green + Blue
How about throwing in some green in there for a change?
Greece: Santorini, Chair
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
- Henry David Thoreau (via)
Have a happy weekend no matter how many chairs you have.
Greece: Santorini, Boys
Here's looking at you, kids.
Greece: Santorini, Sunny Villas
What's it like living in a cave, you ask?
I was dying to stay at Sunny Villas after my endless research on hotels in Santorini. The idea of staying in a CAVE was appealing. In real life, it was a difficult hotel to get to, but I imagine many of the hotels on Santorini to be the case, as the town is built on the side of a volcanic caldera, not to be confused with a crater. And it's STEEP, y'all! Hotel Sunny Villas had incredible caldera and sunset views from the terrace, but the actual cave-like habitat was rather claustophobic, for us. Still, it was incredible to be situated right in front of the Skaros rock, which used to be a medieval fortress, that we hiked on the last day of our trip (more on that later). For now, this.
Greece: Mykonos, The Wind Mills
Oh, the famed Wind Mills of Mykonos.
As we turned around a narrow and crowded corner, this was our first glimpse of the wind mills. The timing couldn't have been better; with the sun just starting to drop it created the most gorgeous light.
Most of the cafes facing the water boasted the "best sun set view", but expensive cocktails at over crowded cafes like Scarpa didn't make sense, especially when the sun set could be viewed from anywhere. So, this is what we did, instead.
Breathtaking, to say the least. See how these windmills compare to Zaans Shans, in Amsterdam.
Greece: Mykonos, Hotel St. John
Only the best. hotel. ever.
