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planes, trains and…ferry boats: getting from athens to santorini
Darkness still hung over Athens as we sleepily rolled our suitcases out of the hotel and down the uneven, cracked sidewalks on our second morning. When we reached the nearby metro, the sky and traffic...
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cave house in oia, santorini
De-boarding the ferry from Athens, the only clues to Santorini that were visible from the port were the giant rocks, behind which we could only assume was the rest of the island, and the sea that we...
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For our three nights in Oia, I mandated that we watch the sun set. In the evening, tourists crowd at the top of castle ruins and in perfectly-placed restaurants for the show. And in its last seconds,...
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oia snapshots
Atop castle ruins, we found the best view of Oia. To one side, the windmills and our cave house, and to the other, the famous clusters of blue-domed, white homes of Santorini, stretching out like an...
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santorini beaches
Let’s recap: we know Santorini has ridiculous sunsets, resplendent views and lovely towns. And now the beaches? Intriguingly diverse. The black sand covering…Black Beach (did you see that coming?) was...
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oia sunset #2
In Oia, the tinkering sound of bells bounces up and down a set of stairs as donkeys carry people and products from the water’s edge to the top of the town. On our second night in Santorini we decided...
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ship in the distance
One night as we sat watching the sun begin its nightly adieu, a ship came rolling across the sea; first at a distance, then straight through the sun’s soft and glowing beams. What an incredible seat...
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what santorini {and steven} taught me
Driving on Santorini, it feels like there’s one single road that winds itself up and down and all around. And from varying heights and views, the raw, vivid beauty – sometimes with grey skies overhead...
View Articlesee you later, santorini
It was still practically night as we dragged our suitecases out of the cave house and up the stairs. Oia was dark and quiet. Taking one last look at the sweet town I’ll now forever love, I felt...
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