Soaking up the beauty of Creation

Santorini is one of those places where you can really see the hand of God in his creation. It is so amazingly beautiful. Today we are getting ready to leave this island and go back to the mainland before heading off to Rome.

The few days we had on this island we have been able to see pretty much all of it. On Wednesday we hired a quad bike and drove that around the Island taking in the sights and stopping every now and then for food, fuel and if the beaches down below looked good enough for a swim (or if they were accessible).

Then yesterday we went on a tour that took us to some of the other close islands that make up the group of Santorini. The story is that all of the islands (there is 5 of them now) we once one big Island that erupted as a volcano and that this happens again and again every 2000 years or so. It was also the site of a big port and trading stuff before it was again destroyed by a volcanic eruption (this is also where the myth of Atlantis comes from apparently). We went to one of the islands that was pretty much all just volcanic rock and got to see how hot the ground was on our feet and then later swam in some hot springs (again hot from the volcano). It was really great to see more of the islands around and when we got back on the main island we took a donkey up the steps to the city which was funny cause they went so fast. We watched another beautiful sunset before making our way back to the hotel. Again another beautiful day.

Here's some pics

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