Driving on Santorini, it feels like there’s one single road that winds itself up and down and all around. And from varying heights and views, the raw, vivid beauty – sometimes with grey skies overhead and rain clouds floating over…
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ship in the distance
One night as we sat watching the sun begin its nightly adieu, a ship came rolling across the sea; first at a distance, then straight through the sun’s soft and glowing beams. What an incredible seat for the evening’s golden show. Continuing on…
oia sunset #2
In Oia, the tinkering sound of bells bounces up and down a set of stairs as donkeys carry people and products from the water’s edge to the top of the town. On our second night in Santorini we decided to take the…
blue + white
All of Greece seems to play their ode.
santorini beaches
Let’s recap: we know Santorini has ridiculous sunsets, resplendent views and lovely towns. And now the beaches? Intriguingly diverse. The black sand covering…Black Beach (did you see that coming?) was drastically different from any sand I’d ever seen. The rock walls looming above…
oia snapshots
Atop castle ruins, we found the best view of Oia. To one side, the windmills and our cave house, and to the other, the famous clusters of blue-domed, white homes of Santorini, stretching out like an arm into the Aegean….