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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Greece: The Island Edition






















Good Afternoon Wonders of
Creation!
The Island Edition a la Greece has arrived for your viewing and I am just thankful I got it done before 2010!

Here are some of the photographic delights from the Islands.

The top three are from the Isalnd of Aegina, just off the mainland near Athens. Quaint yet gorgeously coloured and oozing with g
reek island charm, we loved our short time of solitude in Aegina. As you can see it is very much a fishing village, with many boats being the 'office/store' for locals businesses.


The next three are all from the Island of Corfu nestled to the North near the coast of Albania and surrounded by the Ionian sea, which you see Kev immersed in. We shared a week in a gorgeous little apartment with Ernie and Merrilyn and enjoyed some of the windiest and dangerous roadtrips I have ever been on, through narrow
greek streets and olive groves. But praise God, we survived to tell the tales!

There were moments where building a primitive beach hut from scratch was necessary to hold back the scorching sun and swarm of greek wasps that apparently were very attracted to Canadians.

We even got to hire a scooter for a day and take a tour of the gorgeous little villages and beaches, settling in Sidari a tourist town, for a quick bite of souvlaki's the size of footballs.

Speaking of food. Kev and I had some of the best Mousakka and Carbonara ever tasted here on Corfu. Ernie and Merrilyn can testify to that!

Our last week in Greece was spent on the geographically rare island of Santorini. An island formed by the crater of a volcano, which I was hoping would at least puff, a little whilst we were there, but no. The last three pics are of us and some of the uniquely Santorini moments we experienced. The donkeys, lined up and waiting in droves on the steep and winding cobbled roads for tourists to pay ten euro for a ride. The black sanded beaches from the ancient volcanic lava flow down the mountain side and the deep blue scenery and white stucco buildings, all etched in our minds as one of the most beautiful places on earth.