Santorini- or should I say heaven on earth.
seriously our group trip to the Greek Island of Santorini last weekend is a place I'll never forget. We woke up at 4:30 in the morning (this is after the Vogue fashion night out) So we're all going on little sleep. The ferry ride takes 8 hours before we arrive in Santorini. Once we figure out our transportation we head up the steep hillside of the island. This busride takes 30 minutes of curving roads, close to tipping over the edge it felt like. Once we unload from the bus. It's time to figure out where our hotel is..... proved to be a bit of a challenge and 45 minutes later we finished "exploring" the town of Fera and found our lovely hotel. Immediately We all jump into the refreshing pool. Than head out to dinner at a local restaurant. However the real adventure is day 2 of our trip. We wake up early, have free breakfast at our hotel, and go onto a boat cruise. This last for 3 hours and included hiking up an active volcano, jumping off our sail boat, and swimming in hot springs. We ended our trip with a few members of our group getting sea sick.... Anyways to get back up to our hotel we decide to ride donkeys... These cute smelly creatures are so interesting to ride on! Megs and I shared a donkey. Yup 2 people, 1 saddle. It was quite cozy to say the least. The donkeys zig-zagged up the stairs in such a weird fashion. Most of the time my leg was being squashed into the retaining wall or into a donkey's butt! Megs and I continued exploring the Greek island by renting ATV's and cruising the beautiful/dangerous coastline of Santorini. We went to the picturesque town of Oia, there was white building all over the cliffs edges. I am still curious to this day how they were able to build these teetering buildings way back when. The sunset was so amazing- i'm running out of words to describe this beautiful island. It was so pretty everywhere you looked. I can honestly say it is the prettiest place I have ever been to. We drove our ATV back that night in the dark on the perilous roads-ahh. But made it back safe and sound. The whole group went out into town, and loved socializing with the locals. Day 3. My favorite day ever! We woke up extremely early so that we could get going to Oia. Megs and I drove our ATV with some other girls, we however ran into a slight problem. The other girls ran out of gas, and the closest gas station is closed on Sundays! So fro the next 30 minutes we were frantically looking for a place to buy some gas. Finally a rental car shop sold us some gas, and saved the day! WE then hurried to Oia to go cliff diving:) Winding down the coastline we arrive to an old fishing marina. There was a path up and around a cliff that we had to hike to reach our destination. Once we rounded the peak, we saw the bluest water you can ever see! AHHHMAZZING! Jumped off some cliffs (don't worry mom, I'm alive and well) ATVed over to a beach called, "Black sand Beach" it was soo hot. Because the heat of the sun is absorbed in these tiny black rocks. Making it extremely difficult to walk to the beach without burning your toes. Megs and I swam there for a bit before heading back to our hotel to leave Santorini. All in all this was the best weekend of my life. And I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to experience this. Miss you all back home! Much love, Cait
seriously our group trip to the Greek Island of Santorini last weekend is a place I'll never forget. We woke up at 4:30 in the morning (this is after the Vogue fashion night out) So we're all going on little sleep. The ferry ride takes 8 hours before we arrive in Santorini. Once we figure out our transportation we head up the steep hillside of the island. This busride takes 30 minutes of curving roads, close to tipping over the edge it felt like. Once we unload from the bus. It's time to figure out where our hotel is..... proved to be a bit of a challenge and 45 minutes later we finished "exploring" the town of Fera and found our lovely hotel. Immediately We all jump into the refreshing pool. Than head out to dinner at a local restaurant. However the real adventure is day 2 of our trip. We wake up early, have free breakfast at our hotel, and go onto a boat cruise. This last for 3 hours and included hiking up an active volcano, jumping off our sail boat, and swimming in hot springs. We ended our trip with a few members of our group getting sea sick.... Anyways to get back up to our hotel we decide to ride donkeys... These cute smelly creatures are so interesting to ride on! Megs and I shared a donkey. Yup 2 people, 1 saddle. It was quite cozy to say the least. The donkeys zig-zagged up the stairs in such a weird fashion. Most of the time my leg was being squashed into the retaining wall or into a donkey's butt! Megs and I continued exploring the Greek island by renting ATV's and cruising the beautiful/dangerous coastline of Santorini. We went to the picturesque town of Oia, there was white building all over the cliffs edges. I am still curious to this day how they were able to build these teetering buildings way back when. The sunset was so amazing- i'm running out of words to describe this beautiful island. It was so pretty everywhere you looked. I can honestly say it is the prettiest place I have ever been to. We drove our ATV back that night in the dark on the perilous roads-ahh. But made it back safe and sound. The whole group went out into town, and loved socializing with the locals. Day 3. My favorite day ever! We woke up extremely early so that we could get going to Oia. Megs and I drove our ATV with some other girls, we however ran into a slight problem. The other girls ran out of gas, and the closest gas station is closed on Sundays! So fro the next 30 minutes we were frantically looking for a place to buy some gas. Finally a rental car shop sold us some gas, and saved the day! WE then hurried to Oia to go cliff diving:) Winding down the coastline we arrive to an old fishing marina. There was a path up and around a cliff that we had to hike to reach our destination. Once we rounded the peak, we saw the bluest water you can ever see! AHHHMAZZING! Jumped off some cliffs (don't worry mom, I'm alive and well) ATVed over to a beach called, "Black sand Beach" it was soo hot. Because the heat of the sun is absorbed in these tiny black rocks. Making it extremely difficult to walk to the beach without burning your toes. Megs and I swam there for a bit before heading back to our hotel to leave Santorini. All in all this was the best weekend of my life. And I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to experience this. Miss you all back home! Much love, Cait
 |
| Arriving in Santorini |
 |
| D and I overlooking the city |
 |
| Judy and Gretch on our boat tour |
 |
| Bennies on top of the volcano |
 |
| Oia |
 |
| Megs and I at Oia |
No comments:
Post a Comment