In the village of Oia, on Santorini Island

Santorini is the most extraordinary island in the Aegean Sea.  The volcanic cliffs are red, brown or greenish, surmounted by string of white villages. Jutting out from the deep blue sea, its volcanic sheer cliffs topped with gleaning white village homes and churches resemble snow capped mountains.

Real estate here is off the charts. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolee own a ‘cave house’ in Santorini, if that gives you any idea what I mean.

In ancient times Santorini was circular. But, in 1500BC the volcano in the middle produced an eruption so strong that the entire center of the island was submerged. Many people relate the eruption and subsequent sinking of the islands center to the inking of the mythical lost city of Atlantis. The volcanoes last eruption was in 1956 and the volcano is still active today.

We visited the charming village of Oia, the most picturesque place of all the lovely places we’ve been on the trip. Perched on top of an impressive cliff (the bus ride up in a bus was “interesting”) it should have given a most magnificent spot to watch the sunset. However, just about sunset time a fog rolled in and the sky became overcast blocking the sunset.  Oh well, no worries, we did try another Greek beer and a little Fava while we were there!