“Ah Santorini!” Indiana Jones
Having spent three days on this sparkling gem in the Agean Sea that was once almost reduced to atoms by an earthquake I am prepared to tell you everything you need to know about Santorini.
Right behind the I Heart Santorini sign there is a statue of a glowering man. Why this is so I can only speculate.
There is lots of art on Santorini. Also, food.
Santorini has lots of party boats. And lots of young women yelling “Look! A party boat!”
They have a thing about donkeys on Santorini, which I don’t get because I didn’t see a single live donkey.
They do have a brewery that sells several beers named after donkeys. My favorite was Lazy Ass.
Here’s looking at you kid.
They have a bit of an erosion problem on Santorini. Oddly, nobody seems very concerned.
Like I said, they have lots of boats on Santorini.
Some of them in better shape than others.
Faces in the Santorini crowd.
They have a cruise ship infestation problem on Santorini. The locals have devised an ingenious scheme from pluck liner passengers in distress up from the sea and whisk them to the cliff tops where they are seduced into spending money.
It’s a ski lift, which I’m pretty sure spends its winters (when the tourists are gone) in Switzerland.
There are lots of churches in Santorini. But I didn’t see a single Soputhern Baptist Church. Having once attended a Southen Baptist Church I am not the slightest bit surprised.
And many stairs. Which I speculate is a result of building entire towns on the sides of cliffs.
There is a fishing village on top of Thirasia Island that can only be reached by climbing about 700 steps. There are fisher wives up there who haven’t seen their husbands in years.
They have lots of flowers on this arid island. However, I checked and found that the ones on the right are plastic.
Santorni has pretty much been in a state of transition since the previously mentioned earthquake forced them to start all over again about 3,600 years ago.
Oh yeah, and spectacular sunsets.
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