Santorini Museum, Beautiful Views, and Swimming!!

/ Ed Armstrong
We started our day going to the very impressive Santorini Museum. This artifact is translucent marble and they would burn olive oil inside it and it served as an indoor lamp!!

These are fishing hooks used by the Santorini people!!

This was originally a carved wooden table. The wood was destroyed by lava, so the researchers poured plaster of paris into the space where the wood used to be! A very impressive process to reveal what the table used to look like!

This was a portable stove!!

This used to be a basket and although the fibers were decayed long ago, the researchers were able show what it used to look like!!

These are another set of fish hooks. Some of these hooks are quite large, so they must have been able catch some very large fish!!

I really liked this pot because it was decorated with swimming dolphins!!

This is a partially reconstructed painting!

This is another partially restored painting!!

With the grains painted on the outside, this was likely used to store grain products!!

These pots are very unique because they are made of stone and not pottery!!

This is an animal made of gold. It was created in different pieces.

Incredibly, this is a partially reconstructed painting!!

This is a fisherman bringing in his catch. This is a famous painting and I recognize seeing it before this trip.

This is a painting showing people battling in boats.

After thoroughly enjoying the museum, our guide lead us to another section of Santorini. This donkey was available to give people rides.

This was another gorgeous church with an amazing bell tower along with the beautiful blue dome!!

I thought these flowers were spectacularly beautiful and delicate!!

I thought this was an interesting bell tower.

This bell tower and blue dome were a little different from the others we have seen. In the distance, the deep haze can be seen over the Aegean Sea!!

Santorini is incredibly beautiful. Grape plants that are trimmed very low to the ground can be seen in the distance.

This church was located at the very top of the hill!!

Here is our whole gang on the top of the hill looking out over the Santorini landscape!! These are a wonderful group of people and I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering Greece together with them!!

I liked the backlighting seen in this bell tower!!

This photo was taken by a friend and it provides proof that I actually swam in the Aegean Sea!! I am the person covered by the large hat and long sleeves to protect me from the intense sun!!