Santorini

We arrived in Santorini at midday yesterday. It was very wet in Athens when we left but warm and sunny in Santorini when we arrived. It was a very short flight, less than 30 minutes in the air and it was a bit bumpy as we came through the bad weather of Athens.


We were met at the airport and driven to Oia. We were dropped off at the tourist office outside the village as no vehicles are permitted in Oia. At the office we paid for our accomodation and were collected by a young man named Sammy who was to carry our bags and guide us to our accomodation. We had booked at the Museum Wellness Hotel but the tourist office people suggested we go to Number 11 instead.
I'm sure I don't understand how the system works. We were taken to both places and shown the rooms at both. We were then asked to choose which place we preferred to stayThey were both very nice, more like apartments than a hotel. We chose Number 11 which had three beds and two bathrooms and a view to die for!!!


When we'd settled in several lovely cats arrived to 'welcome' us. They all came inside and settled themselves down. We unpacked, had a rest and then went back up the higgledy-piggledy flights of twisty-turny stairs to find a resaurant. We found a lovely restaurant and had a great, late lunch - octopus, squid and mussels. Yum.


After lunch we had a wander around and bought some provisions for our evening meal - tomatoes, cheese, bread, olives and fruit.



Santorini is just as beautiful as people say. Our apartment is just below the sunset viewing terrace so our view is exceptional, except that it is cloudy at the moment, perhaps it will become sunny later.


Can't upload any photos here so I will try to add them when we are back in Athens.


Be in touch again, soon.