This is Firo (a town a little further up from Fira-the center of Santorini) continued from the last post. A beautiful tattered boat on top of one of the houses.
We walked past this place where there was a pool tucked in secretively behind a rocked wall. Ying stuck his hand through and got a wonderful shot!
Firo was much quieter than the other places on the island. It's a different experience taking in the gorgeous views of the caldera and the sea without bustling noises of music and tourists. Calm, tranquil... surreal.
We spent some time just walking slowly along the path and stopping every so often to take in the view.
Ying, the daredevil that he is, decided to do push-ups on the concrete. :) I was half-worried he was going to miss his step and go tumbling down the cliff.
Mighty cool place to be doing push-ups I must say...
Headed even further up to the town of Imerovigli.
We parked very high up and walked down through the maze of stairs past several houses. A turn around a corner revealed this spectacular view of a volcano. If you look closely, there are steps leading up to the peak. I was ready to go climb it. Haha. Ying, thank God for his sanity reminded me that I had no sneakers on and also that we would miss the sunset in Oia town which we hadn't caught yet. It is the 2nd best sunset on the island.
So we walked on someone's roof :) and took some shots. We also saw a bride walking along the path.
After a while, we had walked quite a distance down from where we parked. The climbing back up the steep stairs was a killer. Haha. We would run for ten steps or so, then pause panting for breath. Then run up a few more steps. We reached our scooter finally in triumph!!
After which, we sped off immediately to catch the sunset in Oia. This was the view of the sunset on the way to Oia.
We ran through the crowds like crazy. I thought we didn't make it already. We ran right to the end of the path which opened into a clearing. There was already quite a crowd gathered there waiting for the sunset. There was a violin playing. So lovely.
We found a spot and enjoyed the sunset.
A nice French couple offered to snap this picture for us. How kind.
So magnificent!
You can see from here, everyone who was there to see the sunset. This corner is just one out of many others where you can see the sunset. Most restaurants and cafes there have terraces with sunset views.
Everyone watched silently as the sun disappeared. The second the sun set, loud applause broke out and people hugged and cheered. It was such an experience.
The evening view of Oia. You can see some lights being turned on. The town is gorgeous at night!
To see what Oia looks like further into the night, click here.
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