The Travel Connection

One door closes and another one opens.  We started the day with gloomy news that all the airports and ports are closed due to ongoing union strike. By the time we sorted and figured out an alternative mode of transport to get to Crete, a good part of the day had passed. We went to Fira to await the move towards Crete. The Weather Gods must have felt ours emotions and revealed grey hues in place of the vibrant blues. But by God, the result was spectacular. One of the memories that will always be close to me. The unscheduled visit to Santo wines at Pyrgos was the cherry on the already over flowing exquisiteness.  Like every other person, we had a day earlier taken a half day cruise on the traditional wooden boat to Caldera Island and Hot springs. A short hike leads to top of Caldera island and some more views of the croissant island and some smoke here and there. The jump into hot spring is best avoided as one get less than 10 minutes.  But Volca...

The window into the travel book Santorini was through the town of Fira. The capital of the island is along the west of the croissant Island. The clifftop town with its white washed buildings cobbled narrow streets and peak a boo views between the large clusters is breath taking. The paths are lined with luxury hotels, terraced restaurants and of course shopping establishments.  Every nook feels picture perfect and every corner calls you to capture it. The First sight of Aegean Sea on foot The Cliff top Buildings Now shopping is not my forte, so among the first things we did was to explore the cafes and local eats. And the greatest find was the flavoured greek yoghurt. Heaven just got closer to me. If i ever go back to greece, it would be to have the greek yoghurt. And of course how can one forget the greek coffee. Just the jump start required after the hectic hopping between countries and cities. After the soul stirring greek yoghurt, we to...