Hello From Ancient Thera, Santorini

Greetings, Everyone is fine and doing well. We have enjoyed our day on the island of Santorini. We left this morning from Heraklion, Crete. We traveled on a Cat 4 super fast boat. The boat moves so quickly that it is entirely enclosed, much like an airplane inside. Upon arrival we were greeted by our bus and guide. We then had a nice tour of the island, so many people were able to swin the Aegean. We also drove to the North end of the island for a spectular view of the island. A volcano exploded and formed a calderia about 1650 BC. When this volcano blew up the island exploded and the entire middle of the island blew out. This destroyed the Minoan settlements on the island and created problems for them elsewhere. Some people beleive that this explosion is the history event to which Plato refers when he speaks of Atlantis. Of course this is highly speculative. We were scheduled to visit the ruins of Akrotiri but unfortnately the site is now closed because of an accident earlier in the year when part of the protective roof collasped on the 2 tourists and 1 guide. Akrotiri has been called the Pompeii of the Aegean. I guess we have to return later to this beautiful island to see the site. However tomorrow we visit the museum in town and it has many of the most sceptacular finds from the site. This is the second most desirable vacation spot in the world just behind Bali accord to our guide today. Tomorrow after visiting the museum we will take a boat ride to Athens for the last days of our tour. John Wineland Santorini, Greece