Our day started early with a visit to the prehistoric museum in Thira. It exhibits some of the remains from the amazing finds of a 4,000 year old city uncovered by an earthquake on Santorini. This includes incredible fresco's which showed life in Santorini
before the eruption of 3,500 years ago which destroyed most of the island. We can see at the time a variety of life on the islands, included deer and even monkeys! Some of the earliest pieces are small sculptors which resemble today's minimalist modern art. Later work includes the famous orange Greek figures against a black background. After the museum we trekked down to the old harbour and took a boat to the new volcano which is rising up in the middle of the sea filled caldera. It resembles a landscape from another planet, with sheer black twisted basalt, pumice stones and lots of iron ore. You also got spectacular views from the boat towards the 2,000ft high steep cliffs of the caldera. On the return, some took a donkey back up the steep climb while most took a cable car. The evening ended with a meal and some Greek dancing.
One of the amazing 4,000 year old frescoes.
The view from the volcano back to the caldera with the town of Thira on top.
The boat docked at the volcano of Nea Kamani
Sara and Grace go swimming in the hot volcanic springs feeding into the sea
A view to the village of Oia from the volcano
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