The second week of our Greek adventure was spent in the Cyclades on the Island of Santorini and to call it beautiful simply would not do it justice.
The island, dating back to the Bronze Age, is the southern most Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea.
Roughly 3600 years ago, some thirty million cubic meters of magma were blown to a height of up to 36 kilometers above the island. Pumice deposits, dozens of meters thick, buried the city of Akrotiri, one of the most prosperous pre-historic settlements of that period.
As a result of the volcanic eruption, what we know today as the island of Santorini emerged. The Santorini Volcano reaches a summit of 565 meters, or almost 2000 feet and is still active to this day.
Athens was nice, we enjoyed the history and the people but Santorini...well, let us just say Santorini has not seen the last of Liesl and Maxine!