Entering new message into voice mail box an the Helsinki airport.
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Our hotel room was so called cave room built in the mountain.
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Traditional Greek village in Oia.
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There is an old windmill in Oia.
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Poor old donkey.
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Gentle mountainside is banked up for agriculture.
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There's a lot of copper colored stone in this island.
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Thirty-year-old got a champagne breakfast to bed on the birthday morning.
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A view from the room to terrace. Not bad.
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Sunset in Oia.
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Birthday rose grew in the black champagne bottle and got prettier every day!
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You could find Greek architecture right at your terrace.
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Blue-and-white scene just gets into Finnish people.
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Our rental "car".
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Ruins in Oia.
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Tasting moment at Volcan Wines winery. Heli discovered a fabulous Vinsanto wine here.
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The highest place on the island. The village on the top is Oia.
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PANORAMA (301 kB). Akrotiri ruins and the lighthouse are placed on the cape. The whole island can be seen in this Nasa satellite photo. Oia is on up and Akrotiri is on down.
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Crashed stairs in Akrotiri ruins.
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Pots found in the diggings.
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Akrotiri society and culture were quite well developed. Notice the toilet!
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More pots.
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Guys at Aktori had sewers, water pipes, apartment buildings...
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Big boats brought tourists from the continent.
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Juha and the lighthouse.
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Road going down to a harbor.
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Yet another winery. Here the restaurant was placed on the roof and production facilities were down in the basement.
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The lighthouse and an indian. See the mountain silhouette on the right. That's an indian!
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Lava stone.
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There were hot fountains under water near the volcano.
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We climbed all the way up to Thirassia island. The picture doesn't quite describe the height.
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Finally up there. Some food and beer, place!
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Everything in Thirassa village was seedy, yet rich in atmosphere.
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Same.
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We found a shell from a wall.
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I guess it's siesta time.
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Yet some more seedy scene.
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Greekish gate.
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Dispite the fact that everything looked very simple, people living in Thira are big fans of home theatres :-) (Look at the fence!)
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Back at Thirassia harbor waiting for the departure.
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Oia village from the sea.
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Grecians build chruches everywhere!
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On the top of the volcano. Everything was covered with black lava stone.
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Oia village from the top of volcano.
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Sunset at Oia windmill.
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Same.
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PANORAMA (126 kB): Dusk at the terrace. You can see the volcano in the middle of caldera.
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Oia by night.
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Same.
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Same.
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Same.
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Same.
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Same.
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Our buddy. Santorini is full of stray dogs, but this was one cool guy. He wasn't begging, he just loved hanging around at our stairs.
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There was a museum in Santorini capitar, Thira. You can see objects found from the Akrotiri ruins. This is a plaster molding of a wooden table.
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Picnic grill. No kidding...
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A pot with tits. There were tens of these on sight.
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Guys at Akrotiri had even wallpapers! (Or maybe they were wallpaitings, but anyway)
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There was one mighty octopus in fish bar.
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Juha has never liked too much about heights, but this slope was easier with a cable car.
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"Gonna die!!!" :-)
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Almost there.
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Dusk in Oia.
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Blue moment.
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One of the many churches in Oia.
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Smog just like in L.A. :-)
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Last night in Oia. Greeks tend to make very good food!
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