Our day in Sanorini

We did not arrive at Santorini until 1:30 so we had a restful morning. Again the weather is beautiful. This is the perfect time to take a cruise here. Only another week or two in the Greek Isle tourist season so discounts are in most of the stores. When we got to Santorini, we tendered to shore. The only three ways to get up to the towns are by cable car which is nice but slow as only about 36 can be taken up at a time. You can take a mule ride up but apparently you smell like a mule all day when you do. You can walk up but it is steep and you walk behind the mules....and their poop. We talked to some folks who did that and they were young and said they were wiped out when they got to the top and did nothing else. So we took our only ship tour because they tender you to a different port and you go to the two towns by bus. And they give you a cable car ticket to come down. First they took us to Oia and we had two hours there. Quaint shops. Narrow lanes, white buildings, blue domed churches, and gorgeous views of the water caldron formed by an ancient volcano. When we came last time, it was a gorgeous sunny day but the wind was too strong for the tenders to be able to come to the ship so all we could do was look from the ship. So it was special to be able to go up and see the towns . After Oia, we went to Fira where the cable car comes down. We went to a nice cafe that had free wifi and shared photos on Facebook. I figured how to get these updates onto blogger. I am writing them at night one day and putting them on blogger when we find a wifi place the next day. So far we have avoided the high costs of Internet on the ship.
The ship is nice. We are enjoying the down time and eating way too much. Jim's back is bothering him when he sits or reclines which is different from before as it bothers him less when he walks. But he is doing fine and we are grateful that we can still travel.
Tomorrow is Mykonos and we may be adventurous and take a ferry to Delos for part of the time.


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Location:Santorini, Greece