Howard & Ruth at Manfredi's, sea day. Howard found something to play for his (late) birthday celebration. |
Howard's BD celebration with person who reminded me of Colleen |
Birthday cake, Manfredi's |
Oct. 2 - new country! First view of Fira from ship, anchored around 7 AM |
Tender is waiting! |
Indy tender was announced @ 8:30 for 8:45 or so departure; took cable car up cliff |
View of Fira on approach from cable car |
Some pink to add to the white and blue that is Santorini |
Got ATV from Tony's and drove to Oia seeing cool things along the main route |
Came into Oia. Churches everywhere. |
Church near Community Center Oia |
Howard and the beast |
Old windmill Oia by Center |
Salmon church Oia near parking |
Another Oia church near Center |
Through arch we went; dog feeder next to sleeping dog, Oia |
Let sleeping dogs lie |
My newest buddy |
Colorful cafe on way down to Oia fort |
One of 2 blue domes frequently photographed by visitors |
Near castle looking east to church area |
Blue dome and stones |
Zoodochos Pigi church beneath Oia castle |
Oia castle, very popular at sunset |
In 2006 missed windmills. 2015 saw them. |
Around Oia castle |
Twin domes and more |
Oia looking east from castle area |
Salmon tower and domes |
Ammoudi Cove |
Musician at castle |
Windmills vertical shot |
View of Ammoudi again |
Nice pool, Oia |
Boats at Ammoudi |
Zoodochos Pigi church at castle |
Oia Zoodochos Pigi church top |
Another view west from castle |
Another shot of twin domes, salmon tower |
Chimney perhaps |
Not all buildings in Oia are renovated |
Ruth in awe over Oia again 9 years later |
Belltower, Oia |
Door |
Oia church, think by communty center |
Oia dome by pkg lot by community center |
View from walk back to ATV in Oia |
Church up north on NW route back down island |
Windmill housing development |
Windmill house NW part of island |
Cute church up north. Wish my camera had GPS so could ID. |
Very cute bells on yellow church |
Old windmill, believe in Vothonas |
One of the Vothonas churches built into rock |
Don't know how he did it but Howard found Vothonas for me |
Took a walk to see Aghios Georgios, Vothonas |
After I walked minute or two, nice view behind of Aghios G. |
Reminders that this island is a volcanic area |
Finally I saw the church I had come to see - Panagia tis Trypas - not many visitors know it's there |
Panagia tis Trypas (Virgin Mary in Hole) AKA Sergena, Vothonas |
On way there was Aghios Prokopios |
Spiral ladder on Church of Panagia Vothonas |
Church of Panagia where we parked |
Rock ruins |
Rocks and holes |
Out of focus but so cool |
Near where we ate lunch |
Belltower close to where we ate |
Bill for lunch came in shotglass |
View from lunch, probably Skaros & Imerovigli |
Howard on Sym quad bike, Santorini |
Unidentified church in Fira from ATV |
Returned ATV in Firostefani & walked path to cable car - St. Stylianos in foreground |
Fira including mule path from caldera path |
Cable cars from path a bit north of station |
St. Stylianos from path just above cable car |
Restaurant in Fira with a view |
Beautiful belltower of St. John Catholic Church, Fira |
St. John belltower in arch |
On Nomikoy close to caldera path |
Nomikoy or thereabouts |
Fira hotel pool |
By cable car |
View of old port to side of cable car and mule path |
Viking Star photobombed my picture. |
Theodori church from near parking lot, Firostefani. AM shot would be better. |
I and others walked down Nomikoy to cable car |
View of Fira from cable car going back down |
Near cable car |
Old cave houses by cable car |
View of old port to side of cable car and mule path |
When left, in no time passed Oia. Got good view of road and paths down. |