I write this post hoping that no Athenians are looking over my shoulder as I sit in this street side cafe. Athens the city is dirty and absolutely covered in graffiti. I can sort of sympathise I guess because there is no money available for maintenance and graffiti cleaning. The people seem to take this all in their stride, no one batted an eyelid as Di and I walked home from dinner last night and there was a small group of young men busily defacing buildings with their spray cans, the thing was they weren’t hiding it at all, there were people everywhere.

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What a day! Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements on a formerly single island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central, rectangular lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 km, is surrounded by 300 m high, steep cliffs on three sides, it really is stunning. We arrived shrouded in fog, but that soon burned off to reveal the customary cloudless sky’s with little to no wind, another hot one.

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Today I had some work to do so had to forgo any tours. Fortunately the boat docked very close to the main street of Heraklion. Took the bus to the taxi stand and it was only 5 euros to take us to the main drag. At least we knew where to go on the way back as it was close enough to walk. I found a cafe that had free wifi overlooking the harbour, a cool breeze and plenty of good table service, the owner was sprooking for customers, he was actually very entertaining.

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