Santorini

This past weekend I spent 3 days and 2 nights on the beautiful Santorini.  The 4 hour boat trip there went by quickly because it was supplemented with a few bottles of champagne for mimosas.  Once the boat pulled up to the port I could see why everyone talks about Santorini.  The way everything is built on the rim if the volcano is mind boggling.  The first night there was very exciting.  Our group was excited to test out the night life on the tourist trap of an island, and it provided a great time.  It was fun to experience a place with so many people after sleepy Paros.  We took a boat tour on Saturday to the caldera and walked around, it was so much bigger than I had expected.  We also went to the hot springs and another small island off the main part of the island.  The boat then let us of in Oia, the other city.  I enjoyed Oia much more as it is a smaller city, and a little less hectic.  Along the coast about a 5 minute walk from the port is a beautiful little lagoon where an old church has broken away from the rim that provided cliff jumping.  The water was so beautiful, blue, and refreshing.  After left the grueling task of climbing the 280 stairs back up the rim to town.  It was exhausting!  I can't imagine having to make that trek everytime I wanted to leave the island.  Until recently, that donkey path was the only was on and off the island.  That night we had dinner in Oia where we watched the gorgeous sunset.