Fall Break Part 3: Santorini, Greece

After Turkey, our next destination was Santorini, Greece. This is the place everyone was most excited about and it did not disappoint.

We didn't actually dock in Santorini, but instead got off our big ship and onto a little boat that brought us to shore. For those who do not know, Santorini is an island in Greece that is basically built out of volcanic ash and soil, so when you dock, you somehow have to travel up to get to the city.  There are three ways to do this; walk it, take a cable car, or ride a donkey. We ended up taking the cable car up and then we took a small bus to the city of Oia, which is the picturesque Santorini one thinks of.  

This city was absolutely breathtaking. The water, the blue roofs, the flowers, it looked exactly like the pictures and even more beautiful in person.  Of course, the first thing we did was get coffee at this little place that had a fantastic view of both the water and the city.  Then we spent almost the entire rest of the day just walking around the city and exploring a lot of the shops. So there's really not much to say about what we did in Oia, so here are a ton of pictures!

There's our ship...oh hey Splendor of the Seas 

The view while we were drinking coffee

Beautiful Santorini

SAI sisters take on Santorini! Love and Roses from Greece!

Oh, I forgot! While in Oia, we also found our way into a place to get fish pedicures! So we went and basically placed our feet into a fish tank so the fishys could eat the dead skin off our feet. It wasn't until after I got back to Italy that I found out that we went to the same place the Kardashians went while they were there and that I was sitting where Kim sat! Cool right?!?

So this was taken when we first put our feet in. There is also a video of this roaming around somewhere so I'll post it if I find it

To prove that I was in the same place that Kim was....

So remember how I said there were three ways to get from the town to the water? Well on the way back to the ship we decided to take the donkey. Lena rode a donkey in Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, so we needed the full experience. This was a horrible idea, at least to go down the mountain. One, we were all wearing dresses, so there's a 100 percent chance that people were flashed in this process. Two, it was so scary. It felt like we were putting our lives in the hands of our donkeys. One slip of the donkey and we would either end up painfully falling down the mountain or into the water. There would be points where we would just be looking straight down into the water and praying to God that something didn't happen. Also, our donkeys were all tied up in a line, and I was close to the back. Well, my donkey wanted to be the leader of the line so he kept trying to get in front of the donkey in front of him. We almost hit the walls several times, probably ran into and flashed several tourists, and I wish I could show you the video...it's nice to be able to say I rode a donkey in Greece, but in the moment it was a terrifying experience.

Donkey ridin'! This was also caught when my donkey decided he didn't want to play follow the leader anymore.

BUT GO TO SANTORINI IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE!! You will not be disappointed!!!