Let’s recap: we know Santorini has ridiculous sunsets, resplendent views and lovely towns. And now the beaches? Intriguingly diverse. The black sand covering…Black Beach (did you see that coming?) was drastically different from any sand I’d ever seen. The rock walls looming above…
oia snapshots
Atop castle ruins, we found the best view of Oia. To one side, the windmills and our cave house, and to the other, the famous clusters of blue-domed, white homes of Santorini, stretching out like an arm into the Aegean….
a case of the candies
It began innocently enough. I caught my co-worker nibbling on them as her mid-afternoon snack and her repetitive wrapper rustles were sign enough to me that her petit sweets were something to try. A few days later while passing the candy…
oia sunset #1
For our three nights in Oia, I mandated that we watch the sun set. In the evening, tourists crowd at the top of castle ruins and in perfectly-placed restaurants for the show. And in its last seconds, when the sun seems to…
cave house in oia, santorini
De-boarding the ferry from Athens, the only clues to Santorini that were visible from the port were the giant rocks, behind which we could only assume was the rest of the island, and the sea that we had just crossed….
good morning view
Before anything else, I want to show you what I saw every morning when I first opened the door of our tiny Santorini cave house. Blue of a hundred gradients, each so rich they’re royal. The soft heat of a…