Santorini

When we got to Santorini (the honeymoon island!) it was pouring down rain. We took a bus on a road that hairpins all the way up a cliff right by the port. Santorini is an amazing mix of cliffs and beach and volcano. Our bus dropped us off in Perissa, a lazy little beach town chock full of tourists. We had a nice night exploring the town- bars, restaurants, tourist offices and souvenir shops.

The next day we went on a day long excursion. First- the volcano! It was quite surreal to walk around on the black, rocky, smoky volcanic island. Then they took us to a natural hot spring in the ocean tucked into the rocky cliffs. Or, luke warm hotspring. I actually had to jump off the boat into the ocean and then swim through cold water into the warm, red soiled water and then back through the cold water and clamber onto the boat again. It was fun! Then they dropped us off on a tiny coastal town on another little island. Well, you could climb the 45 minute hill to the town on top of the cliff or like we did you could stay at the bottom and chill out.

Our last stop was Oia, the famous honey moon destination, sunset watching, expensive blue and white hotel hotspot. The beauty! It was full of white washed buildings, blue doors and ironwork, bright pink bougainvillea! just perfect. we washed down some chokingly expensive sangria and enjoyed the glittery sunset before heading back to perissa. the next few days we just relaxed & enjoyed being beachy and swimming in the crystal clear ocean before finally flying up and over the islands!