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| Nancy | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> The Greek Island of Santorini (also called Thira) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Famous Santorini landscape |
 The towns are a long way up from the water |
 Cruise boats below |
 Getting smaller as we wind our way up the side of the mountain |
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 Looking down the spine of the island |
 View of the island of Santorini from the highest peak |
 The towns of Fira and Oia can be seen behind Bob |
 A tight squeeze for all those tour buses trying to turn around |
 Mt. Profitis Ilias monastery on the very top of the hill |
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 View from the monastery |
 From the bus |
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 Church in the main square in Oia |
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 They use pink here, too |
 Views from Oia |
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 One of the most photographed views in the world |
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 View back up the hill |
 Oia panorama |
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 Yup, we were really here. |
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 Bob taking pictures |
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 Blue domes, all in a row |
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 What a scenic balcony |
 A steep path down |
 Oia |
 The fort looking out over the caldera |
 A beautiful hotel setting |
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 Nan with flowers |
 Another kind of lookout |
 What a view |
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 Little hotels |
 We liked the toilet flowerpot |
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 Geometric patterns |
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 Just can't stop taking pictures of these blue domes! |
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 Taken from the Seagull Restaurant |
 Our tour guide, Mena. It was her very first tour. |
 Sign painted by Mena's boyfriend |
 On the way to Fira we see one of the local donkeys who carried burdens up from the sea (including tourists) |
 Well-known hotel |
 First house built on the island |
 We're in the town of Fira now |
 We have lunch in a restaurant Mena recommended |
 A delicious appetizer lunch |
 Mena with another tour guest at lunch |
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 Views from the restaurant |
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 View of Oia from Fira |
 The cable cars taking people up and down from sea level |
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 There are more dogs here than cats, unlike Turkey |
 Mid afternoon siesta |
 I'd guess that the guy on the right is not a tourist |
 That's one way to showcase your dresses |
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 It's hard to get lost on the way to the cable car |
 He's looking for a likely customer |
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 One of the wheels turning the cable cars |
 The cable cars taking passengers down the mountain |
 We start our descent |
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 We could have walked on that trail |
 I don't think so.... |
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 Looking back at Fira |
 View of the town of Fira from sea level |
 A church almost at sea level |
 Going back to the ship |
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