Adam & Emma: May 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Kamari Beach.

The Black Beach on Santorini. We went to the Red and (kind of) White beaches on the catamaran tour.

It was sunny for most of the day so we laid on the beach for a while.

Akrotiri.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_(Santorini)

Akrotiri was buried by a volcanic eruption about 4000 years ago. The excavations have found lots of pieces intact.

A massive structure was built over the excavation site. It collapsed in '05 and only reopened in the last month.

Our view on Santorini.

We're in Oia, a place that many people come for the sunsets. Our room faces the inner ring of the island formation as most of the hotels do.

The afternoon catamaran cruises head out to the west side of the island so people can watch the sun go down. We decided to take the morning one because it was easy enough to catch sunsets from right on the island. It gets pretty busy, though. Turned out we made the right choice because the day we went ended up being really windy in the evening.

Dinner in Amoudi Bay, just below Oia. The restaurants were mainly seafood places. We had the Lobster Spaghetti that was recommended on TripAdvisor. It was unbelievable.

The walking path through Oia. Our place was about 100 steps down toward the water right where the "Market" sign is on the right. That's probably only a third of the way down to the shoreline.

The rock on the shore was died yellow orange near the hot springs. The water looks nice and inviting but it's pretty damn cold and the hot springs should actually be called 'kind of warm springs.'

The Skipper.

Athens.

Terrible weather in Athens on Friday but it may have worked in our favour because all of the sites were free on that day and it ended up being pretty quiet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens

The Parthenon

Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus.

View of the Parthenon from the hotel rooftop. There was a bar up here that never opened because the weather wasn't good enough. Too bad because it was a neat spot.