Ahhh... the islands

Yah-sas from Greece. Athens was cool but nothing can compare at this point with the beauty of the cyclades islands. the crystal clear blue and green water of differing shades set against a mountain backdrop with with and blue houses atop the ridge... simply magnificent. i can't believe i am actually here cause most of my life i thought i would only hear about greece and not really get to visit it. We are in Santorini now and we are leaving on wed. for Ios and then leaving on sat. for Mykonos. Today, we took a boat tour of the islands in the Santorini vicinity. We went to the old volcano which endured the most powerful explosion in history. to hear about the history of the formation of these islands was very interesting. the guide said it was loud enough for everyone in the world to hear it three times and that it was 100 million more times powerful than Hiroshima. i was amazed. then we took the boat to hot spring water where we actually got to jump off the boat and swim to the hot springs. unfortunately because it was more than 50 meters away i was not able to swim that much since i have not swam for a while. but i took a dive regardless. it was fun. then we went to this island called therisia for 3 hours. then to oia and then back to the Fira. it was fun. tomorrow i plan on meeting a lot of ppl we met on the ferries and also seeing the famous sunset at oia. everything here is just amazing. ok well i will update later! take care all.