We are on the volcanic island of Santorini, which has more donkeys than people, more churches than houses, more wine than water, and more bells than music!
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in history in the 1600s and 1400s BC, 73 km2 of the island of Santorini was under the sea with the effect of the volcano, which is still active today in the Aegean Sea.. The island took the shape of a crescent moon and turned black in color.
With this collapse, the tsunami caused by the collapse While there is nothing left in the name of life on the island of Santorini; Further south, along the north and northwest coasts of Crete, the fishing villages, the low-lying settlements, and the trade and fishing boats in the seas or in the ports have disappeared.
The second wave impact was volcanic ash sprinkled from wind-blown dust clouds, causing almost the entire island of Crete to be covered with a ten-centimeter-thick layer of volcanic ash.
According to Egyptian inscriptions Santorini passes as the lost continent of Atlantis. It does not seem possible to explain scientifically whether it has a connection with the lost continent of Atlantis.
With a sea voyage of five and a half hours, we came to the shores of rocky Santorini.. The soil color of this island, where you can clearly see the soil layers with tectonic uplifts and collapses, is black.. Topics related to soil structure described in geography should be demonstrated here in practice.. There is nothing but rocks at an altitude of about 300 meters. At the end of 300 meters, white-painted houses, azure-painted roofs and churches with three bells greet you. keeps on spraying. The gray, brown and black colors left behind from the explosions have an important role in the general tones.. The eruption sounds of the volcano, which became active in 1956, were heard even in Spain.
Natural because of the rocks or does not have an artificial port. Only small boats can approach the shore.. After our ship anchors in the open, we take turns getting on the boats and reach the shore.. The sky begins to roar. We get wet with a short rain.
To reach the top, you need to choose a cable car or one of the steep steps.. Steps 588 pcs. Don’t say what’s wrong with that.. Quite wide and long, at least 45 cm each. it also negatively affects the soles of the feet due to the embossed stones on them.
When you hit the pick, a serious length emerges, not to mention its steepness.
We are doing our money calculation again. We are getting into the long queue for the cable car.. One-way exit 4 Euros. Tourists who are afraid of the cable car in the queue give each other morale. Some increase the excitement by saying that the cabin will shake the moment they get on.
One of the rare islands in the Greek Islands, whose center is in the west.. The center of the majority of the islands is facing Turkey in the east…
Pay our money, get our receipt and go up a few steps; waiting for the next cable car. The cable car is coming. We board in cabins that take 6 people each. a magnificent sight. A few large cruise ships moored in the open, a black independent island and the sea as far as it can get!
As soon as we get off the cable car, we come across a tourism center focusing on the theme of shopping.. It appeals to people with pockets full of luxury stores and quality products.. We turn right and do what any tourist in Santorini would do. We take pictures at this height, taking the white structures descending step by step behind us.
The blue domes we know are usually painted white.. It is customary to build a church for everyone living on this island.. That’s why wherever you look, you come across a church with three bells.
Another thing that catches the eye on every corner is the art galleries.. I ask the question out loud and my sister answers it. “I think everyone is engaged in art with such wealth.”
The paintings made with volcanic stones are especially interesting, art is gushing from everywhere. The galleries are decorated with flowers.
The narrow, white painted, stony road wide enough for two people to walk side by side from the edge of the cliff offers a visual feast.
You can’t even perceive how the minutes pass while looking at the sea. An interesting image resembling a crescent and a star with Ankara and a small island in the middle. All buildings are white again, carefully maintained. There is not one old building.
We enter a gift shop. There are cameras everywhere. The camera rotates when you reach out to look at something. Dirrrrrrrrr! You turned your hand to the left again drrrrr! If you turn right, it’s the same sound again! In this shop where we feel watched, the sullen bearded white-haired uncle is cursing with his nemrut face. Nothing loud but looking at that face makes you hate. Every tourist whom he sees as a potential thief gets annoyed and leaves the shop.
As Müge struggles to buy something and pay for it. man says something in greek. we don’t understand. Then, when he asks if he speaks English, he starts the conversation: “Where are the cards?” After a slight surprise, we understand the situation.. Müge first took 2 cards and when she bought something else, she left them on the shelf in the shop.. Since the man is following all this, he questions us as if to say “where did you put the cards”. When all my jinn came over me, I started to curse in Turkish.. I can’t shout at the man because at least I can feel relieved.
Muge is broken, she is afraid that the man will understand. After all the swearing, when the man realized that we were Turkish, he said “Thank you”. It took us a laugh…
If you go to that bearded uncle and his camera shop, empty your heart.
Santorini is the island with the most indifferent, cheesy and expensive vendors among the islands I have ever seen.
After seeing the Atlantis Hotel in the most central part of the island, the place called the donkey road we are returning. This famous road with 588 steps is full of donkeys and people going up and down.. The cost of landing or ascent by donkey is 5 Euros one way.. This is not a steep slope, it is difficult to descend even by walking with a donkey.. We start to descend on our own, at a time around 100-150 donkeys come up. We’re in danger of being crushed. These are the means of transportation of the Municipality of Santorini.
Both your nose and stomach may suffer long-term deterioration due to donkey droppings that can be seen as hay and fresh on the road.. Our nose poles tingle ’til we land. Every now and then, I poke the donkeys that have covered the road.
After great efforts, our boats docked, on the cable car. we go down to the sea shore, which is the starting point. Knees shaking when standing. We have come such a way that the pain of it will come later. But no one can compete with us when it comes to adventure and pleasure.. Whoever we mentioned at dinner they wish they would have walked with us.
I answer no to the girls’ offer to drink beer because I’m on the verge of unraveling.. While returning to my ship with the boat waiting on the beach, my efforts to return to myself continue.
The minutes we spend on the honeymoon island of Santorini are both tiring and fun.
