Day 3 - Athens to Santorini

It was an early start as we were traveling by Aegean Air to Santorini. After packing and a quick breakfast near our hotel it was off by taxi to the airport.

Fortunately we were travelling by business class and getting through security and checking in was a breeze!

We were quite early for our 1.30 pm flight so we were able to enjoy the comfort of the business class lounge. Robyn thought the food selection for the lunch was great!

We boarded our flight for the short trip to Santorini…. Only about an hour including mucking around on takeoff and landing….

After arriving at the airport we picked up our luggage and headed for our driver to take us to our accommodation…. The driver had a card with the name “Harrison Chris” which seemed ok given our son Chris had sorted this out. So we took off with the driver in his lovely van…. After a few kms he asked us for the address of the hotel which we supplied him…

Well seems we were in the wrong car!!! Bugger!!!

So we headed back to the airport to find the right driver…. Fortunately he was there with the name Chris Harrison on his sign… gosh what a coincidence having the same name with reverse surnames and first names!

Anyway it was off to Oia the town on Santorini Island where we are staying…

I guess it was about a half an hour’s drive to the car park near the hotel… the town of Oia is entirely a walking town with no cars so our driver took our luggage by hand and took it to the hotel….well the route was up and down many alleys and stairs to our hotel. God only knows how we would have found it if we were on our own!

Anyway the hotel room is dug into the side of the hill about halfway down the slope of the former rim of the volcano that forms Santorini. It has lovely views with an outside balcony and private spa overlooking the coast…very comfortable!

After settling in we made our way to have a bit of a look at the town nearby but as it was getting to sunset the crowds were starting to build for the finish of the day.

Fortunately nearby we spotted a restaurant for dinner which we booked as we headed back to our room to watch the sunset!

After viewing the lovely sunset over the Caldera waters we had a lovely dinner at the restaurant!

A lovely day!