Santorini – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Sat, 25 May 2019 21:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Great Escape: Month 39 and 40 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:33:07 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=33421 My hectic summer reached a fever pitch in Month 39. Two whirlwind final weeks in Greece capped off Europe, which had followed an action packed few months of traipsing the USA — and as amazing as that whole period of travel chaos was, upon reflection it  pushed me right to the brink of burnout. I’d had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/feed/ 52 Swinging Back Through Santorini https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santorini-with-contiki https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32476 Pulling into the Santorini harbor felt like a warm hug from an old friend. We were in rough shape after the carnage that was Mykonos — I pretty much feel that this snap from the ferry says it all. I knew we’d come to the right place to recover. I’d already spent five blissful days here […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/feed/ 28 Diving in Greece: Submerged in Santorini https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-in-santorini/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-in-santorini https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-in-santorini/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32228 “So what did you think of the diving in Santorini?” A message from a blogging friend blinked on my screen. “Because I didn’t want to tell you this beforehand, but it was probably my least favorite dive of all times.” “Um, we go tomorrow,” I replied, and tried to keep my spirits high. Diving in the […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-in-santorini/feed/ 64 Sippin’ Santorini Style: A Greek Wine Tour https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-wine-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santorini-wine-tour https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-wine-tour/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32175 Have you seen that episode of Parks and Recreation where April enters a sommelier competition? That’s how I typically feel when I’m around wine enthusiasts and professionals — like I’m swirling grape juice around in a fancy glass that I’m possibly holding upside down and declaring I smell notes of sandwich and the color purple. So the […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-wine-tour/feed/ 38 Going Greek: The Oia Obsession https://www.alexinwanderland.com/oia-sunsets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oia-sunsets https://www.alexinwanderland.com/oia-sunsets/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32172 “The sunset in Oia is the most photographed image in all of Greece,” I overheard a tour guide stating confidently. While it seemed like a fact that would be difficult to confirm, the camera totting hoards swarming the streets alongside Heather and me pointed towards its accuracy. “This is not how I remember Oia,” I tell […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/oia-sunsets/feed/ 48 Going Greek: The Allure of Imerovigli https://www.alexinwanderland.com/imerovigli-santorini/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imerovigli-santorini https://www.alexinwanderland.com/imerovigli-santorini/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32088 Greece. It’s just one of those places that calls to me. A few days in Athens and a week cruising the islands with my mama the summer I graduated college didn’t even come close to sating the hunger I’ve always seemed to have for all things Greek. If anything, that perfect tease of a trip only […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/imerovigli-santorini/feed/ 106 Photo of the Week 166: Greece https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-166-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-week-166-greece https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-166-greece/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=29983 Donkey on Santorini
Greetings from… you guessed it, Greece! My mind is reeling at how quickly the past two weeks of my Greek Island Hopping tour went by. Santorini charmed me once again, and Ios made a memorable first impression. But what surprised me most of all? How hard it was yesterday to say goodbye to the friends I’d […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-166-greece/feed/ 50 Alex In Wanderland Photo of the Week 164: Greece https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-164-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-week-164-greece https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-164-greece/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=29482 Sunset at the Acropolis
All I can say is thank goodness I have another two weeks in Greece, or there would be tears all over this keyboard. All the love I felt for this country on my brief but fabulous first visit has come flooding back, and if it weren’t for the euros that seem to magically fly out of […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-week-164-greece/feed/ 56 Alex In Wanderland Greece: 40 Years Through the Lens https://www.alexinwanderland.com/greece-photo-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greece-photo-project https://www.alexinwanderland.com/greece-photo-project/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3385 Forty years ago this summer, my maternal Grandmother traveled from her home town of Decatur, Illinois, to explore the islands of Greece. The year was 1971 and she had lost her husband the winter before. She traveled with two couples, and took a very similar route to the one that my Mom and I (her daughter […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/greece-photo-project/feed/ 32 Santorini Sunsets https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-sunset-cruise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santorini-sunset-cruise https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-sunset-cruise/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:11:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3987 I didn’t think much could top our amazing day wandering the streets of Oia. But then we set sail again, this time on a Santorini sunset cruise. Not on our cruise ship though, but rather a traditional Greek shipping vessel, carrying us across the caldera to hike the volcano that made Santorini the unique geological setting […]
 
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