Jan Bono’s Blog

No, contrary to popular belief, "Mama Mia" was NOT filmed on Santorini. But it it had been... Well, it's for sure that Perissa would have been THE place to be! Stereotypical to a fault, Perissa's waterfront is lined with quaint cafés and dotted with palm frond shade...

We were told that a half million bottles of wine are produced annually on Santorini, yet none are exported. We were told the tourists drink it all up. (I think they probably have some local help, but I have no proof.) Our advertised "wine tour" stopped at just one...

Besides Fira and Ia, there are many smaller towns on Santorini. A sudden rain shower almost kept me from enjoying one of my favorite unexpected experiences, but thankfully, the dark cloud passed quickly by. Our bus driver dropped us off at one end of Megalochori, and...

Let's take a look back at this "Optional Tour" off Santorini. We'd left our hotel at 1:30, took another wild bus ride down the side of the caldera, boarded a fully-appointed sailing vessel, made our first stop to hike up a volcanic island, stopped at another island to...

"They said" we'd have an opportunity to swim in the Aegean Sea during this optional add-on tour. What they didn't tell us was that we'd be instructed to literally jump off the boat to do so! But I was here for the adventure, and I gamely wriggled into my swimsuit as...

Our "Sunset Dinner Cruise" began at 1:30 in the afternoon. That's when Mary (with the perfect Greek look!) directed us to board the full-sized bus to head back down that zig-zag road with seven hairpin turns. (Don't. Look. Down!) The wooden sailing vessel immediately...