Santorini Stories


Dream Vacation

When I was young, my mom instilled in me, through both nature and nurture, a serious love of travel. We would leaf through magazines for ideas, compile detailed itineraries and pass the map back and forth on long road trips. It's always been a dream to be able to say to mom: "Pick anywhere in the world that you want to go and I'll take you there." S...


Santorini

Santorini is one of the most impressive places we have visited. We are staying within the main town of Fira, about a five min walk to the main tourist area atop the amazing clifftop overlooking the crystal clear water of the Aegean sea...truly stunning. The sunset is a major attraction with tourists getting in early to secure front row views from the...


YES!!!

ok, so the bad weather karma is gone (knock on wood). we have had two beautiful beach days on Santorini- we are staying on Perissa beach which is across the island from the capital. They have been relaxing and well-needed. And there is the sweetest, cheapest, 24 hour bakery right by where we are staying which is the best bakery we have seen yet. and the...


It never gets old

So this weekend I went to Santorini. I went there last summer, but it was still just as stunning and amazing this time. It was sad that we were only there for two days though. So on Thursday night, Sabrina and I, and about 40 other CYA students (the reason so many were going was because this was our last long weekend before it might get cold, and it'...