Greece: Santorini

Yes! Praise the Lord, my travel insurance claim got approved. The sum sure comes in handy at this point in time.

The deal was due to bad weather our Flying Catman could not sail out to sea. As a result, I got stuck on Crete with my 2 other friends for a full day. It was really sad because we missed out enjoying on beautiful Santorini.

A little bit about this gorgeous island. Santorini is located in Greece and it belongs to the Cyclades group of islands. In order to travel to this island, one needs to take a ferry (I shall comment more about the elusive Greek ferries another time).

Just like the other Cyclades island, Santorini is splattered with square stone walled houses that are white-washed and accented with brilliant blue. The houses are build this way as they have to withstand strong winds, harsh winter and sea salt. Simple, practical and functional. But it is this very nature that wows you. We stayed at St George’s Hostel. The owners were really nice and accommodating. We stayed in this awesome apartment that over looked the sea.

Must dos on Santorini include: 1) A visit to their black pebble beach for eye candy(we went to Kamari). Black pebble beaches are said to be unspoilt natural beaches as compared to sandy beaches.

2) A visit to Ia to watch the sunset (though, I would suggest watching sunset at Mykonos instead as it is a crazy affair squeezing with the entire island worth of tourists & dogs just to snap a perfect photo of the sunset).

3) A stroll along the shop houses. The shop houses retail plenty of things from bangles, to books, to magnets. From artistic to touristy.