While we really wanted to rent an ATV again, we realized that sunscreen should have been put all over our legs before yesterdays ride. We were both pretty burned (in a very odd pattern) so decided to take the bus into Fira and explore. We’d also found out that one of the famous pictures you see of Santorini is taken in the town just before Fira, Firostefani. We hopped onto the bus fairly early, and began our ride over to Firostefani. The ride was interesting, much like the ride to Delphi because the road was windy and very narrow. The steep dropoffs didn’t seem to phase the driver. We were the only ones that got off in Firostefani, as Fira is the capital and main tourist center on the island. Luckily the bus stop was right near the church where we wanted to take the picture.

After taking a number of pictures, which had an ugly power line in it, we walked to Fira, which is only about 10 minutes. We found a really cool coffee bar, Pure, which was all white, had free wifi, and was very European-Modern looking. The daily coffee jolt gave us what we needed to wind through the alleyways and shops of Fira. There were definitely a lot more shops than Oia, and was a bit more hopping, but overall I’m glad we are staying in Oia. We had lunch at a fantastic crepe shop. We’d had crepes for lunch a couple times this trip, but these were by far the best. When we told the owner/cook she said “I know” Apparently she’s been told plenty that their crepes are tops around. After doing some shopping, we headed back to Oia for some general relaxing and swimming in the hotel pool. We also decided to set up couples massages for tomorrow, as one last splurge before we head home. In the evening, I went over to the Castle at around 5:30pm to stake out a spot for sunset pictures. Amanda joined a bit later (what a trooper), and we waited for 3 hours as the sun slowly went down and I snapped pictures.

Tags: greece, oia, photography, santorini, travel

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