Santorini is another beautiful cluster of Greek Island's we visited. These pictures are all taken from the most popular of them, Oia ( E- UH) Many of the homes are built into the mountain like in the pictures above and below.
T This picture shows what their grape vines look like. The growers shape their vines to look like a bird nest. It's very cool to see these on the ground. When it's harvest time in August, everything will be picked by hand. The grapes will grow on the inside of the clusters to be protected by the harsh wind and birds. The other amazing thing is the soil is not your typical plant growing soil. It's mainly lava pebbles, volcanic ash and pumice. Crazy that stuff actually grows. They are also known for a very yummy variety of tomato and a white eggplant or melitzana that is more sweet and "fruit" like.
Santorini is well known for it's white washed architecture. The streets are narrow and donkeys are used to transport things into the cave homes. As we were walking through the narrow streets, the donkeys passed in front of us. They leave quite a stinky mess all over the ground. It was quite the unusual sight to see them being led through the village.
We found an old ruin that made for some fun props during picture time. Here's Brille
Maddi
Lauryn
All three Chica's
We had to order a gyro because of course we were in .... GREECE!
The gyro was the best one I've had. They even put french fries inside...YUMMY!
This town is also known for it's blue domed churches which can be found on most post cards.
This is also where small portions of the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was filmed. We didn't see the exact door but it was somewhere down in the cluster of homes.
Santorini is another beautiful cluster of Greek Island's we visited. These pictures are all taken from the most popular of them, Oia ( E- UH) Many of the homes are built into the mountain like in the pictures above and below.
T This picture shows what their grape vines look like. The growers shape their vines to look like a bird nest. It's very cool to see these on the ground. When it's harvest time in August, everything will be picked by hand. The grapes will grow on the inside of the clusters to be protected by the harsh wind and birds. The other amazing thing is the soil is not your typical plant growing soil. It's mainly lava pebbles, volcanic ash and pumice. Crazy that stuff actually grows. They are also known for a very yummy variety of tomato and a white eggplant or melitzana that is more sweet and "fruit" like.
Santorini is well known for it's white washed architecture. The streets are narrow and donkeys are used to transport things into the cave homes. As we were walking through the narrow streets, the donkeys passed in front of us. They leave quite a stinky mess all over the ground. It was quite the unusual sight to see them being led through the village.
We found an old ruin that made for some fun props during picture time. Here's Brille
Maddi
Lauryn
All three Chica's
We had to order a gyro because of course we were in .... GREECE!
The gyro was the best one I've had. They even put french fries inside...YUMMY!
This town is also known for it's blue domed churches which can be found on most post cards.
This is also where small portions of the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was filmed. We didn't see the exact door but it was somewhere down in the cluster of homes.
4 comments:
All of this is so very interesting, I am amazed at how they grow food, grapes and transport things because there is such a difference in the United States. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to learn about different areas of the world and see the beautiful places that we can only imagine about!!
HOLY AMAZING! You guys are literally traveling machines! Some day your kids will tell their kids about when they were young and lived in Germany and got to see all of Europe. Pretty dang cool!
Yup, I'm more than a little jealous of your Greek experience. Thanks so much for sharing, it will help me motivate my hubby to take us there.
So cool! And so beautiful! I cannot wait to go there myself one day soon . . .
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