paradise

After Rome, we took a short 45-minute flight to Santorini, Greece aka paradise. Our flight was at 5 a.m. so we basically didn't sleep that night because we had to get to the airport around 3 a.m., and I usually cannot fall asleep on planes - but on this day I had no problem.

The Santorini airport is something out of a movie, it's definitely the oldest most outdated airport I have ever been in. I'll get to more information on that in a bit.

We took a taxi from the airport to our Airbnb - our Airbnb was a small hotel like building. It was small and quaint and right on the beach. The whole island is pretty much shops, restaurants, and hotels. This part of our trip was by far the most relaxing and laid back, we spent most of the 3 days just lounging on the beach and eating amazing Greek food.

Santorini is known for several beaches, the one we were at is called Perissa, but better known as the black sand beach. The sand is black because of the volcanic minerals and lava fragments, its basically a bunch of tiny rocks, the texture is very different from the traditional sand we are used to.

A few dishes I recommend trying is any type of lamb dish, lamb is a huge part of Greek cuisine and is delicious. Baklava is an amazing greek dessert, its made of phyllo dough, honey, and different nuts.

The Santorini airport is unlike no other. There is so little space that you basically wait outside until its time for your flight to go to security. The security system looks so old and outdated, but it seemed to work just fine. All of the flights wait in one room, once you are called you board a bus and they bus you to the plane.

Back to Italy, we go!

Santorini Beach