Greek Islands

Mykonos. A great first island.  The town was a blast to get lost in.  The streets were designed to confuse raiding pirates, and we can attest that they did a pretty good job.

Gorgeous bright flowers in the whitewashed town.

This is Paros, our second island.  It was a very laid back place without too many crowds and very nice beaches.

Paros also had a wonderful port and marina.

And Paros gave us the most colorful sunset of our trip.

Santorini, created by a volcano, is spectacular with its whitewashed towns on cliff tops high above the sea.

But the crowds here smelled a bit different than crowds in other places...

A typical, picturesque home in Fira, the main town of Santorini.  Almost all the buildings are white with blue trim/doors.

Santorini used to be a big round island, but it exploded.  Now it's a crescent moon shape with the center of the volcano on a separate island in the center.

The town of Oia (ee-ah) is known for its gorgeous sunset views.

There were several different explosions of the Santorini volcano, and each one created different colored layers of rock.  Here are white, red and black layers at Red Beach (yeah, pretty creative name).

The wonderful clouds at our final night on the islands wanted to bid us a fond farewell.  It was a wonderful, relaxing week.