{This, by far is going to be my favorite post because it was my favorite place to visit}
Today was the day I was most excited about for our trip. When I would think of Greece, yes I would think about the important historical sites, but I couldn't wait to go to Santorini. Those beautiful white buildings with blue domes where calling my name!
We had an excursion planned for today, so we had to make sure to be up in time to meet with our group at 8am. As I was getting ready, I started to see the island with a church on top. We were arriving and Santorini was in sight.
We met with our group in the theater and waited for them to call our number. When they did, we followed the guide to where we got onto a smaller boat. {Because the port didn't have a spot for us to get off the boat directly, we had to tender a ridefrom the main ship to shore.} We grabbed a seat on top so we could have a good view of the island.
Connor really enjoyed the "baby boat" ride. {our cruise ship is a "mommy boat"}
Waiting to get off the boat and onto the bus.
Our first stop was Santo Wines. We sampled wine and snacked on cheese and crackers. We also learned a little bit about how they cultivate and prune the grapes in Santorini. The vines are trimmed close to the ground and form a basket shape around the grapes to protect them from the wind.
Cheers.
After spending about 30 minutes at the winery, we got back on the bus and drove to Oia Village. It was about a 30 minute drive, which was much further then I thought. Connor was really tired by this point, but he stayed awake.
Once we arrived, we followed our guide to the top of the village and then had a little over an hour to shop. Connor fell asleep on my back within 10 minutes of walking.
In front of a beautiful church.
It was breathtaking.
A sweet photographer took our picture before he took his customers picture since we were in front of them {a bride and groom}.
There were so many shops with pretty jewelry, tapestries, scarves, clothes, and souvenirs.
So many dogs and cats just laying around.
This Greek restaurant was amazing!
It had beautiful views as well.
Our ship was the one on the left.
The waiter took Connor to see the beautiful view, so I snapped a picture of them.
After eating, it was time to go back to the ship. Since the village is so high up from the water, we had a choice to take a cable car down, walk down 600 stone steps, or take a mule down to the tender boat. We had tickets for the cable car included in our excursion, but the line was looooong. We didn't want to wait, so we decided to take the stairs down to the port.
We were told to follow the sign....
My first though was holy cow, that's a lot of steps. My second though was oh my gosh it stinks {from the donkeys lining the steps}!!!
It may have been 600 steps, but it took about 2,000 steps to go down it since they were so wide. Talk about exhausting...and slippery!!!
The poor mules made my hear hurt. I felt so bad for them.
They were decorated really pretty, but it was still so sad.
Aaron carried Connor on his shoulders 99% of the way. Thankfully he didn't slip. I on the other hand lost my footing multiple times.
Connor loved them.
We made it!!!!
Do you see how far we walked? I couldn't imagine walking up them.
As soon as we got back to the ship, Aaron brought us well deserved pina coladas to our room.
While drinking my pina colada, I started complaining about how my feet hurt and I needed a pedicure. Well Aaron, being the good hubby that he is, chimed in and told me to get one. I didn't argue, so he called the spa and made me an appointment for an hour later. I had not had one in forever, so it was much needed and extremely relaxing. However, not 5 minutes after seeing Connor, he stepped right on my foot and messed up my toe. I went back to the spa and she fixed it right away for me. Afterwards I met the boys at the buffet for dinner and we walked around the boat for a little while. When we got back to the room, Connor fell asleep. It was only 7:20, but he was exhausted from missing his afternoon nap. Aaron and I started watching a movie, but couldn't finish it because I was also too tired from such a busy, but perfect day.
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