Surprise Surprise! Another fun day on the Greek Island of Santorini!
After a quick little breakfast at the hostel, we made our way down to the Old Port of Santorini. We had a big old boat pick us up for a day cruise. The boat looked like a pirate ship!
We first went out to the volcano! It's called Nea Kameni and it's still an active volcano. The last big eruption was in 1956. We could look down into the crater and feel the steam and smell the sulfur! Even the soles of our shoes were hot enough to feel the heat on our feet!
We also stopped at another small island created from the volcanic eruptions that had some natural hot springs. The boat couldn't get close enough to land and we didn't want to swim to them. Those that did jump in said the initial swim was so cold, but the hot springs felt really nice. Unfortunately, they had to swim back into the cold part to get back to the boat!
From there we continued to Therassia - another island from the volcano. We had lunch at Captain John's and had some really yummy chicken kabob's and a greek salad.
We made a short stop in Oia, but then made our way back to our port in Fira. There are about 600 steps from the port up to the main city, but we rode to the top on the donkeys. It felt very Greek! We named our donkeys Lady Gaga & Michael Jackson (I'll let you guess who had who) :)
After our MJ and Gaga got us to the top, we did a little shopping. Greece is the most expensive place we've been, but I love everything here!
We had dinner at a cheap gyro place by our hostel and then made our way to The Corner for our usual icecream. Although tonight we switched it up and had crepes. They were so good. Since this was our 4th night in a row here, we chatted with Lena who was our server and she's recommended some things we may do tomorrow.
Can't wait!
After a quick little breakfast at the hostel, we made our way down to the Old Port of Santorini. We had a big old boat pick us up for a day cruise. The boat looked like a pirate ship!
We first went out to the volcano! It's called Nea Kameni and it's still an active volcano. The last big eruption was in 1956. We could look down into the crater and feel the steam and smell the sulfur! Even the soles of our shoes were hot enough to feel the heat on our feet!
We also stopped at another small island created from the volcanic eruptions that had some natural hot springs. The boat couldn't get close enough to land and we didn't want to swim to them. Those that did jump in said the initial swim was so cold, but the hot springs felt really nice. Unfortunately, they had to swim back into the cold part to get back to the boat!
From there we continued to Therassia - another island from the volcano. We had lunch at Captain John's and had some really yummy chicken kabob's and a greek salad.
We made a short stop in Oia, but then made our way back to our port in Fira. There are about 600 steps from the port up to the main city, but we rode to the top on the donkeys. It felt very Greek! We named our donkeys Lady Gaga & Michael Jackson (I'll let you guess who had who) :)
After our MJ and Gaga got us to the top, we did a little shopping. Greece is the most expensive place we've been, but I love everything here!
We had dinner at a cheap gyro place by our hostel and then made our way to The Corner for our usual icecream. Although tonight we switched it up and had crepes. They were so good. Since this was our 4th night in a row here, we chatted with Lena who was our server and she's recommended some things we may do tomorrow.
Can't wait!
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