We arrived at Santorini in the middle of the night. When you first pull into port all you can see is blackness with tiny lights that look like they are floating far away high above where you are. I thought to myself that there was no way we were really going that high, were we? All of us fit nicely into a hotel vehicle and headed up the winding drive of the mountain.
It was almost terrifying to do at night because everything is black and you weave back and forth so much you feel like you are going to fall off the side of the world. Every couple of minutes we would weave above our boat and we watched as it got smaller and smaller until we couldn't believe that it was the same boat we arrived in.
Our drive deposited us at our hotel where we got the privilege of carrying our cumbersome suitcases down a decently large flight of stairs. Our rooms are located right next to each other and are lovely to look at. In the morning after a tasty breakfast we ran up and down stairs until we saw it- our first view of the Caldera. I'm quite sure we have the hotel with the best view of Santorini. We are on the side of the cliff overlooking the water and the small islands that are found in the middle of the crescent bay. On either side of us, we can see small villages sitting on the cliff.
We head out to explore later for lunch and we walk a supposed half mile that takes us more like a half an hour-all down hill- to the village of Fira. We have lunch at a Rotarian"s cafe and start the grueling walk back UP the hill to our village of Firostefani. We weave in and out of tourists quickly because our goal is to watch the World Championship of Free Running/ a.k.a. Parkour.
If you are not familiar with this it is an amazing thing to see- 15 world champions from 11 countries will compete. The basic concept is they creatively travel down over houses, fences and other various things to a certain ending pad within 2 minutes. They do this by running, flipping, twisting and moving in all sorts of ways that most people cannot do. Our hotel is a perfect location to watch and we stand outside for over an hour watching the athletes compete.
http://www.redbull.com.gr/cs/Satellite/el_GR/Gallery/RED-BULL-ART-OF-MOTION-%CE%A3%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A1%CE%99%CE%9D%CE%97%CE%A3-2011---%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%93%CE%9C%CE%95%CE%A3-021243099030140
After watching the competition, we head down to dinner again and this time it is night- and the lights on the side of the mountain are indescrible. The colors are just so pretty that you can't even explain. I truly believe that this is one of the most beautiful places in the whole world.
-Tonya
It was almost terrifying to do at night because everything is black and you weave back and forth so much you feel like you are going to fall off the side of the world. Every couple of minutes we would weave above our boat and we watched as it got smaller and smaller until we couldn't believe that it was the same boat we arrived in.
Our drive deposited us at our hotel where we got the privilege of carrying our cumbersome suitcases down a decently large flight of stairs. Our rooms are located right next to each other and are lovely to look at. In the morning after a tasty breakfast we ran up and down stairs until we saw it- our first view of the Caldera. I'm quite sure we have the hotel with the best view of Santorini. We are on the side of the cliff overlooking the water and the small islands that are found in the middle of the crescent bay. On either side of us, we can see small villages sitting on the cliff.
We head out to explore later for lunch and we walk a supposed half mile that takes us more like a half an hour-all down hill- to the village of Fira. We have lunch at a Rotarian"s cafe and start the grueling walk back UP the hill to our village of Firostefani. We weave in and out of tourists quickly because our goal is to watch the World Championship of Free Running/ a.k.a. Parkour.
If you are not familiar with this it is an amazing thing to see- 15 world champions from 11 countries will compete. The basic concept is they creatively travel down over houses, fences and other various things to a certain ending pad within 2 minutes. They do this by running, flipping, twisting and moving in all sorts of ways that most people cannot do. Our hotel is a perfect location to watch and we stand outside for over an hour watching the athletes compete.
http://www.redbull.com.gr/cs/Satellite/el_GR/Gallery/RED-BULL-ART-OF-MOTION-%CE%A3%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A1%CE%99%CE%9D%CE%97%CE%A3-2011---%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%93%CE%9C%CE%95%CE%A3-021243099030140
After watching the competition, we head down to dinner again and this time it is night- and the lights on the side of the mountain are indescrible. The colors are just so pretty that you can't even explain. I truly believe that this is one of the most beautiful places in the whole world.
-Tonya
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