Speechless in Santorini
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| Sunset over the Caldera. Santorini. |
Pics and story by Allison O’Donoghue
The island of
Santorini is one of the most impressive of the Greek islands. The site of the
mythical city of Atlantis and the massive volcanic eruption responsible for
wiping out the ancient Minoans.
I took my ungrateful
19-year-old son to Santorini for one week. He whinged, whined, and complained
endlessly. The poor boy, what a chore - get me out of paradise.
We rode around on a
quad bike, my unfortunate son pillion passenger, harrumphing all the way. We
made our way up a steep cliff face and stopped to watch the sun set over the caldera,
a circular lagoon. I turned to look at my son and to my shock, his mouth was
open and for once he was gobsmacked. I looked at the sun and gave thanks.
Finally, my son let go and drank in the beauty.
Speechless in Santorini. Bliss!
Winner of a National Travel writing competition. Escape Travel. 2010.
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| Quad bikes. |
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| Greek Chapel and quad bikes. |
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| Lighthouse at the Caldera. |
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| Caldera. |
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| Caldera and helmet hair. |
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| Kamari beach. |
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| Kaspar Jack discovers Mythos beer. |
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| Lunch at Perissa Beach. |
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| Perissa Beach. |
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| Kaspar Jack. |
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| Fira views. |
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| View from Fira. |
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| View from Fira. |
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| View from Fira. |
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| Cable cars |
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| Fira |
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| Kaspar jack in a pensive moment. |
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| Qia beach |
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| Qia beach |
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| Qia beach |
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| Qia beach |
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| Man at work. |
2 comments:
I would like to appreciate your photographic sense. You take such pictures. Which is a great source of invitation for other tourist who wants to visit such places. Here I want to talk about Fira. It is the capital of Santorini. On the caldera side there are awesome views of the island and have worth to keep entertained for hours. Cafés bars and restaurants always filled with tourists. I went there on my uncle’s suggestion. He recommend me highly when I was on my niagra falls american side tour. But now I can say he was right.
You are absolutely right. SANTORINI is a beautiful island. Need to go back again.
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