Santorini
The Caldera
The most impressive part of Santorini is knowing that we are staying on the rim of a caldera of an active, albeit dormant, volcano that drastically altered the course of world history. Every spot on the island is a photo op.
Akrotiri
A highlight of the island is the prehistoric city of Akrotiri. It is believed that the first inhabitants were here around the fifth millennium BCE. They were an advanced society, evidenced by their three story houses with running plumbing. Alas, after a few thousand years around 1600 BCE it came to an abrupt end with the eruption of Thera, which is now the modern day Santorini.
Our room
Our accommodation in Santorini is definitively, um, European. Tom is not a big guy, about 5’8” and a buck fifty, and he could not comfortably fit in the shower and was cramped on the spiral staircase. The bed is upstairs and the bathroom downstairs so that made trips during the night interesting.
Driving in Santorini
I’ve driven in some challenging places during our travels: small towns in Spain, on the left side of the road in New Zealand, and with a right hand drive stick shift on the extremely narrow, stone wall-lined roads of Ireland. I don’t know if Santorini is the most difficult of the lot, but it is the most chaotic. We have ridden in cars in big cities like Rome that are even more chaotic, but not driven in the chaos ourselves. We needed all four of our eyes at all times to get from one place to another without incident. However, I would not say that the locals were as pleased with my diving as we were. I have never been so happy to turn in a rental car.
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