Crete, Santorini & back to Athens

Hello all, 

Life keeps intervening but at last I shall continue my narration. 

We stopped at Crete & I didn't feel like joining any of the optionals so went for a walk into the nearby city of Heraklion. Cretans have been growing grapes for about 4,000 years so definitely are great wine producers. I never had a drop! In my defence, it was morning & we sailed on about 12pm. I enjoyed my meander around the town though.
In the afternoon we cruised into Santorini, a beautiful island. I joined an optional tour by bus to the top of the island to the town of Oia & it's so close neighbours. Oia is lovely! Except for the tourists, lol. The white houses & churches with blue domes that are in all the pictures - they're real, they're v striking, & absolutely beautiful. The streets are just lanes really so it gets really crowded really quickly. Well worth the walking up, down & roundabout. Our descent was by funicular down to the Old Port, short but steep, & then by small boat to the cruise ship & then we were sailing again back to Pireaus Port & Athens.

Okay, this is short 'cos my iPad is running out of charge. The next post will finish the saga, all sighs of relief to be inaudible please.

Bye,

GailFrances