[travel] Glorious Santorini

[mattbell]

I have such fond memories of my two days there. Some to share:

Houses in Fira:



A dog on a very windy day:



The hippie / dancer / poi spinner girl I met, and the view we saw at sunset:



Some dilapidated areas in Oia... even they were beautiful:



Fira sky:






Sunset watchers






Nature across the island:










More Fira houses





Complete Santorini set on Flickr

I've taken gobs and gobs of pictures on this trip.  If the worth of the trip is measured in pictures, I'm spending about $1.80 per picture.  It's probably around $10-$20 per good picture.  If I do measure the worth of my trip entirely in pictures, I'll be missing out, but pictures are a very useful way of triggering less tangible memories.

Comments

[laughingstone.livejournal.com]

beautiful! i want a second house in santorini.

[danea.livejournal.com]

Those are incredible. I already waned to go there, but now it's bumping up on the list.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

If you do decide to go, let me know and I'll give you lots of advice.

For example, definitely go off-season (April-May... main season is July and August). It's not overcrowded, everything is half price, and the locals are much more chilled out. The only thing you sacrifice is being assured of a warm and sunny day lying on the beach. However, if you want a nice beach at that time of year, you can just go to Mexico, as it's way closer and cheaper. :-)