On Monday, we took a fast catamaran from Mykonos to Santorini, whose iconic views of blue-domed churches hugging the cliffs overlooking the Aegean exemplify island life in Greece.
If Santorini is the most scenic of the islands, Oia (EE-ah) is the most scenic spot on the Aegean. Getting a good picture is easy: Just press the shutter button. Meandering streets lined with restaurants and souvenir shops offer distinct views with just a few steps. It's easy to spend a day staring into the viewfinder and forget that real people live here, that it's not a movie set.
The pictures shown on my picture page on this website were taken yesterday. It has taken awhile to get Internet access, mostly because the 85 students are now floating along the caldera at the center of the five islands that make up Santorini. Regretfully, I had to skip the trip for fear a rocking boat might reignite a surprise attack of motion sickness that surfaced on the catamaran trip from Mykonos.
Unlike Mykonos, where our hotel was about three miles from the town, our locale in Santori is at the north edge of Fira (FEE-rah) and within walking distance to town. "Town" in this case means a similar fare of restaurants promising volcano views and souvenir shops.
Today I had a pita at Obelix gyros. The largely take-out place licenses the character from the Asterix comics I read as a kid. Set in the ancient Roman empire, Obelix is Asterix's beefy sidekick who helps the subversive Gauls (France) outsmart the dim-witted Roman overlords. Fortunately, the pita was as good as the comic. Two thumbs up, presuming that gesture is not a obs
If Santorini is the most scenic of the islands, Oia (EE-ah) is the most scenic spot on the Aegean. Getting a good picture is easy: Just press the shutter button. Meandering streets lined with restaurants and souvenir shops offer distinct views with just a few steps. It's easy to spend a day staring into the viewfinder and forget that real people live here, that it's not a movie set.
The pictures shown on my picture page on this website were taken yesterday. It has taken awhile to get Internet access, mostly because the 85 students are now floating along the caldera at the center of the five islands that make up Santorini. Regretfully, I had to skip the trip for fear a rocking boat might reignite a surprise attack of motion sickness that surfaced on the catamaran trip from Mykonos.
Unlike Mykonos, where our hotel was about three miles from the town, our locale in Santori is at the north edge of Fira (FEE-rah) and within walking distance to town. "Town" in this case means a similar fare of restaurants promising volcano views and souvenir shops.
Today I had a pita at Obelix gyros. The largely take-out place licenses the character from the Asterix comics I read as a kid. Set in the ancient Roman empire, Obelix is Asterix's beefy sidekick who helps the subversive Gauls (France) outsmart the dim-witted Roman overlords. Fortunately, the pita was as good as the comic. Two thumbs up, presuming that gesture is not a obs
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