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Going down the slope

[ Aug.2013 ] The towns of Santorini are situated on the cliff which is about 300m high. To take a tourist boat, you have to go down.The hotel stuff told us that it would take at…

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Because of their Calamari

[ Aug.2013 ] We went to this restaurant on the photo twice. This one seemed a family run restaurant with the friendly feeling, different from the stylish ones with the direct sea view. That is…

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Retsina wine in Santorini

Our hotel in Santorini in Greece had the exclusive terrace, so one night we decided to spend a quiet evening with a bottle of wine. Generally Santorini is expensive, but there are ordinary supermarkets with…

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Sunset and music

[ Aug.2013 ] The last destination of Santorini inland tour was Oia. This is the famous place with its sunset. After a short walk in the town, when we arrived at the west edge, there were…

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White maze

[ Aug.2013 ] The second place we went with the Santorini inland tour was a town called Pyrgos. It is a town on a small hill with a lot of white houses on top of each…

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The life of the guide

[ Aug.2013 ] Our guide for the first tour in Santorini was a German woman. But the people who joined the tour were 6 Italians, 2 Russians and me, so she guided in Italian and English….

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Pastoral village

[ Aug.2013 ] We joined a tour going inland of Santorini, away from Fira which was full of tourists. First, we visited a village called Mesa Gonia where our guide lived in summer. Here we…

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Price of cappuccino

[ Aug.2013 ] Santorini in Greece is very beautiful, but things are expensive. In Fira, we ordered cappuccino and croissant in a stylish cafe in the morning, and found that a cup of cappuccino cost…

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Volcano festival

[ Aug.2013 ] The day we arrived in Santorini happened to be the day of their Volcano Festival. Fireworks were displayed from the small volcanic island of Nea kameni situated opposite of the main island….