2023 Greece

On our way to Santorini, we had a cooking lesson put on by our chef followed by a tasty lunch. With 40 in our group and 16,000 of our best cruiser friends from other ships in port, we arrived at Fira. Most everyone waited about 1.5 hours in line to take the tram up to the top. Some of us hiked (Chuck and I) and others took donkeys up the path. It took us about 25 minutes to go up leaving us about an hour to have a drink at the top while the others joined us.

We boarded a private bus to go to Oia which is where the iconic white buildings with blue roofs are. Then we went onto a winery for a paired tasting.

Dinner was on our own back in Fira (which is good because Oia was packed). We ended up at the bottom of the hill at a restaurant that was owned by our chef's cousin. He treated us to shots, and we ordered a light meal.

There were plans for Name that Tune but instead, there was a huge party on the back of the ship starring Mark Denton.

Note: I tried to take a picture depicting the dark blue water (see last one on this post) but it truly doesn't do the Aegean justice!Baca lagi