Yasas

    Santorini won’t ever be the top of our islands visits, but probably (hopefully) nothing will top the story of how we had to yell for help to get us out of our hotel.  We were locked in the hallway that lead from our room to the narrow stone hillside stairway.  We had to crawl out the room window with the help of another guest who we’d awaken with our yelling and banging.  We weren’t kidnapped; it was a case of stupidity on the part of our “hotel?” management who had given us a room key but neglected to give us a key to the hallway.  I’ll write more about it later with the photos of Santorini. 

Ru

Nisyros Part 3 Nikia

We stumbled upon Nikia serendipitously and it was my favorite stop of the day.  Nikia is so enchanting with lanes that turned into other lanes and again into other lanes past whitewashed houses with painted doors and explosions of colored plants all opening into the “square”  with its church and tavern and such.   This email takes you along with me as I explored the lanes of Nikia.

“Nikia, up on the edge of the volcanic rim to the south. In Nikia the people are not Nisirians, they are Nikiates. They inhabited Nisyros hunted from pirates and settled there around 1600. Still today when asked they never say "I am from Nisyros" the say I am from Nikia.”  http://wikitravel.org/en/Nisyros

   “Nikia, this village is also called “the eagle’s nest”, because it is located in the highest spot of the island and you can see the crater from almost all little streets.” http://gonetogreece.com/nisyros/nisyros-volcano-and-villages-in-the-skies/