Mykonos to Santorini - Day 8

After breakfast we left our Mykonos hotel at 9a with a slight drizzle in the air. There is also wind and the Aegean Sea has white caps. Our ferry was to depart at 10a but it was late due to the weather, we left about 10:45a. We had one other island stop before arriving in Santorini but I didn't catch the name of it. Our driver made the steep trip up the side of the mountain from the port below (phew), now we are quite close to the Santorini Palace Hotel. We got off and walked the rest of the way. Our luggage was picked up by a van because the big buses cannot navigate the narrow streets of the city by the hotel. Even with the clouds the views are amazing. There is no rain and I am personally thankful it is cool rather than too warm.

Our Ferry to Santorini

We all got settled into our hotel rooms and then went directly to lunch at Mama Thira just around the corner from our hotel. Another fabulous meal! We had crab cakes and Tomato Balls for an appetizer and John had kebabs for his main course and I had the shrimp. The Tomato Balls are a specialty of Santorini so we had to try them. They were very good, not sure what they are made of because they don't taste a lot like tomatoes!

Lunchtime

 Kebab Dinner for John

 Our Lunchtime View

 Tomato Balls - Unique to Santorini

 Sharon's Shrimp Dinner

After lunch we had about 30 minutes until we had a "short" orientation walk of this Capital city of Santorini - Fira. Oh my, the 30 minute "slowly-slowly" walk turned into almost 2 hours of strenuous (but slow?) walking up and down some very steep cobblestone streets complete with a great deal of steps. We took the town route on the way down and the cliff route on the way back. I must say it was quite worth it due to the views but my legs will be aching tomorrow I am sure.

Orientation Walk About Fira

 Famous Donkeys of Fira

 No Explanation Needed ...

Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral

After getting back from walk (really a hike!) We had just over an hour before dinner. I almost fell asleep! We had a very nice buffet here at the hotel that was included in our trip. We are used to eating our big meal at noon, which we did, so we just had a small amount for dinner, still feeling way too full! 

John's Dessert