Santorini, Greece 3 Jan 2019

Good Morning Santorini! 早安，圣托里尼!

Like this photo very much. The cloud appeared rushing to the horizon. 

喜欢这一张照片。远方的云层好像堆积在地平线上。

This day, we would explored the southern region of the island. 
这一天，我们将往南方探索去。

                                    Hearty breakfast at town.  在镇上吃了很丰盛的早餐。

                                           Scene at the southern region is relatively serene.
                                                          南方的景色相对的宁静。

                                  Stop at the black beach with super strong wind coupled with drizzle. 
                                           在黑沙滩停下，超强大的風夾上细雨。

                             The arc coast line at the southern most region is beautiful. 
                                                     最南端有很美的弧形海岸线。

                              Quite a disppointment at the lighthouse. 对这个灯塔有点失望。

                                            At the southern tip of the island. 在岛南部的尖端。

                                               The shade of Sea of Crete. 克里特海的颜色。

                        It was drizzling when we reached the Red beach, a brief stop.
                                                到达红沙滩雨势有点大，匆匆掠过。

The kind and friendly host presented us with some local desserts. She further gave us another piece of cake especially for our little prince!
亲切的主人给了我们一些道地的甜品。临走前他再送上一块蛋糕说是给我们的小王子！

On the way to the highest point of the island, the village of Pyrgos. The wind was easily 30km per hour. 去岛上的最高点，在Pyrgos村庄，风势有30km吧。

                       Remind me of NZ which I miss so much. 想起怀念的纽西兰。

When we reached the highest point which is where the monastery is situated, the wind was extremely strong. Bao who got down from the car for only a while said she was almost blown away, it was horrifying!
And so we had no choice but drove back down to the village. And the car stopped and refused to move at the junction! The experience here was very unpleasant as we were communicating with the car rental company in the airport. Anyway, in the end we took a taxi to the airport to get a replacement.
Tried not to let the situation affect our mood, we drove to Santo Wines as planned. Unfortunately, because of the episode with the car, we missed the dinner hour. We only had half an hour for wine tasting.

把车开上最高处的修道院时，风势是强到无法前进。Bao只下去一下，马上就逃回车里，他说整个人就快被吹走，可怕！
没选择，我们又回到山下。紧接着，车子突然就停止不动了。发生状况再遇上很不友善的员工, 过程是很不愉快的。最后我们塔了的士到机场领了另一辆车。
不想让这经历破坏计划，还是把车开到Santo Wines。不幸的是，我们不但错过晚餐时段，连试酒也只剩下半小时。

                   What a nice place with perfect sea view for dinner and wine tasting. 
                                 这么样的一个完美的, 让人吃晚餐和品尝红酒的地方。

                       We didn't have enough time to savour the 10 different types of wine. 
                                         没有足够的时间慢慢品尝这10种红酒。

The staff was literally waiting for us to leave when it was time to close. It was all dark when we walked out from the place. What happened in the car was hilarious as we were quite "high" after drinking so fast.
时间到时，员工已排开一字等我们离开。塔出门口天已全黑，然后在车里笑翻了，大家都微醉微醉了，喝这么快！

Back to Fira town, we took our dinner and then we shopped for souvenirs.
回到Fira, 我们吃了晚饭后, 就走走买买记念品。

I remember when we were back to our villa, the walk from the car to the villa (quite a walk) was really difficult with the ultra strong wind and the low temperature. And when we reached the villa, the little gate was blocked by the garden furniture. Albert had to climb over to open from inside. We reckon the furniture were being blown to the gate by the strong wind!

记得当我们回到住处时，我们得走在超级强风和寒冷的氣溫里，好不容易挨到门口（满长的一段），发现门口被家具堵住了。Albert 爬过小矮门，把家具移开，才把门打开。风竟然强到把院子里的家私吹到门口！

Santorini, Greece (2) 2 Jan 2019 圣托里尼

Good Morning Santorini! 早安，圣托里尼！

We had simple breakfast in the villa before we drove in one car out to explore.

早餐简单的在住处解决，然后就一辆车出发去发掘了！

Swimming pool at our Villa. 

First we were at Fira and Firostefani for the beautiful cliff hanging coast line. 

先到附近Fira和Firostefani，初见的海岸线美的不得了！

The government's instruction, the color combination of Blue and White just like our police station. 像不像我们的mata寮？

Needless to say, we spent a lot of times taking photos and enjoying the view.

不用说大家都忙着拍照和欣赏美景。

Firostefani, beautiful town with a equally beautiful name 美丽的地点配同样美丽的名字。. 

The weather was not favoring,  天气有点欠佳!

Found the world famous Blue dome church after it was featuring in National Geography. Read a lot of failed cases where the exact location couldn't be found. Actually it is very simple, don't try to walk there, just GPS the hotel opposite it.  

找到了这因National Geography而声名大声名大噪的蓝顶教堂。
小家伙因太冷不肯下车，爸说：I am not going to stay in the car with you! 
哈哈！叫他怎能不去欣赏这举世闻名的“蓝顶”！

It is just there quietly by the car park 它就这样无声无息的处在停车场。

Then we had our lunch at Fira town. 在Fira小镇找午餐吃.

Our first taste of the Gyros, typical Greece food, 我们的第一餐，Gyros。

Delicious, 好吃！

Follow by ice cream 还吃雪糕！

Ice cream !还吃雪糕！

After that, another must do in Santorini. ，之后重头戏来了, Oia！ 

On the way...风大气温低的。。。

Our first purchase at this tiny shop seconds after we parked our car in Oia.
第一个买的纪念品就在这刚到Oia的小店。

So different from Fira,.和Oia有很大的分别。

Fira is like a lady and Oia is full of passion!  感觉Fira是个文雅的少女，而Oia却热情奔放。

Looks like the local houses. Witnessed an old woman scolded and chased the tourist, must be really disturbing especially during the peak season.
都是一些民宅吧。见到一个老妇人对着游客破口大骂，该是被打扰了吧！

Every corner we walked, we found picture perfect spots. 每个角落都是拍照的好地点。

Such a cute little house! 这么小巧可爱的屋子！

 We decided to take a break at this tiny restaurant by the cliff. 

感觉有点累，在这悬崖边的小餐馆喝茶聊天。

Just another blue dome church of Oia! 伊亚的另一个蓝色圆顶教堂！

Strolling around Oia! 漫步在Oia！

Someone was obviously very upset and tired. 有人在“唉声叹气"，累了，赌气！

At the very tip of Oia! Tiny steps and doors that look like toys!

Then we found the 3-in-one blue domes of Oia.然后我们找到了Oia的3合1蓝顶。 

And the sun began to set. 然后太阳开始下山了。

It was drizzling and so......居然飘起了小雨，所以就这样。。。。

Though it may not be very prominent, still it was sunset at world famous spot! 虽然不是很突出，但它仍然是世界着名的日落！

It was all dark by the time we were back to Fira and it was extremely cold. So we went back to our villa while the men went out to buy dinner again.
回到Fira时天已黑了，气温很低很低，女人小孩回去住处，男人去买食物。

Deserted Fira at night. 夜晚寂静的Fira。