 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. |