Days 10 & 11 - Santorini, Part 1

Santorini...wow...what a place!  This is the view from our pool deck.  To the right you would see the Caldera, but the lights at night of Ferostefani and Fira are amazing.

We booked a place in Ferostefani, which is just above Fira, and it is awesome.  The views of the Caldera are amazing, and the streets are super cute and picturesque.  There are bougainvilleas and other flowers that are absolutely massive and stunning everywhere (Lindsay points out each and every one of them as we walk by) and they site adjacent to some of the neatest little buildings.

We arrived, by ferry, around noon and checked in by 1:30.  We went for a late lunch (which was expensive) and then went to sit by our pool and wait until dinner...which was also expensive, but we had a great sunset, as you can see in the picture above.  It seems as though everything in Ferostefani is WAY more expensive than in neighbouring Fira (as an example, you would be hard-pressed to find lunch for less than 30 euro for 2 people, as opposed to finding budget street-meat for 10 euro).  What you are paying for in Ferostefani is the view - everything has a view, and they charge heavily for it.

After dinner, around 9:45 (after the sun sets) we had some FaceTime with some family, and then played a game of Ticket to Ride Europe in our hotel room, overlooking the city, and went to bed.

The next day we slept in, had breakfast, and then lay by the pool from about 10-4.  Mike got a pretty good sun burn, although he's hoping it goes away in the next day or so.  Lindsay sat reading her book (she is now on to book #2, "The Forgotten Garden") and Mike is on to audio-book #2 of Harry Potter ("The Chamber of Secrets").

We had low key night, going out for a cheap dinner and eating leftover pizza from the night before, and then watched a movie in our room, "Down With Love".