We began our exploration of the day at a museum with archeological artifacts from the island dating as far back as the 17th century BC. Now that's old! A brief walk in the shopping streets, crowded with passengers from three cruise ships anchored in the harbor, was enough for me. Incidentally, the harbor is a caldera and there's an active volcano on the island...just smokes a little now. Santorini, with a permanent resident population of 15,500, hosts a million tourists a year.
While several of our group braved an alpine like climb over rocks and cliffs to reach a beach I moved leisurely on a water taxi. The water taxi was nothing like the crowded ones on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok. Those stopped very briefly and would be passengers had to board quickly. Once I observed a family of four tourists. Father and son stepped quickly aboard while mother and daughter hesitated and were left behind. The Santorini taxi ran between beaches and our group could have avoided the alpine like hike by taking the taxi, they did take the taxi on their return.
We had dinner, heavily laden with seafood, on the waterfront. Then we were bused to a western peak to watch the sunset for which Santorini is famous.
Takk for alt,
Al
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