cruznqueen

Loved your review. Just paid my deposit for the conquest in January 2014.

Got cabin 9201. Can't wait.

 

I do have a question. I do not see "the quest" anywhere on the fun times. Did they not have it?

This is one of my favorite things to watch.

Thanks again Debi....loving the pictures and review.

What is the Sea Trek?

Debi,

Love your pics and travel log.
We have 2 buses booked with Bernards Tours. One going to orient beach and one to another beach. The other beach is the tour that has children.
Which beach did you go to?

I am so loving this.....thank you so much.

Debi, awesome review so far. I love reading these and really appreciate it when people take the time to do this so others can have such valuable information. Thanks.

 

I do have a couple questions:

 

I am trying to find out if they had a "white" night and a "Caribbean" night dress code for dinner any night?

 

Also, did they offer ice show tickets on the first day when you arrived or if not can you tell me when they did?

 

Thanks so much.

We used private guides split. they were easy to work with and booking with was fast. I wanted a custom tour where we would go to the Krka national park to see the waterfalls and to the town of Trogir with stops for photos and to drink some local beer. Matt, our guide made our tour just as I planned. Everything went great.

Krka park and the waterfalls were as expected and beautiful. Then while driving to Trogir, Matt pulled up to this bar/restaurant where we all sat and had a local beer. We were all pleasantly surprised that a big bottle of local beer was only 2 euro. From there we want to the town of Trogir. Along the way we stopped for photos of the town of Primosten, which is a very picturesque town (would loved to have had more time to explore this place)

All in all, Matt was an excellent guide who knows his country and enjoys showing people all the awesome things there are in Croatia. Croatia is one country I will definitely return to.

Loved your story abut the donkeys. I would really like to try them when we get there in September. Do they have a weight limit?

 

Plus, about how long was the walk up?

 

Thanks,

Mary

 

Well…we were definitely hungry…but before Dimitrius whisked us off to lunch, he had a special surprise for us…which ended up becoming the highlight of our tour. Seriously. Put aside the beautiful views in Oia, and the delicious wines at Santos Winery…and the fact that we’re going to meet Paul McCartney later this afternoon (oh, THAT got your attention, didn’t it?!) because we were about to have one of those special moments in life that are magical.

 

 

After we leave Santos Winery, Dimitrius begins driving…and we seem to be somewhere…in the boonies. Yes. Even exotic Greek islands, such as Santorini, can have boonies.

 

These boonies, however, came with a location: somewhere between Cambia & Mesa Pigadia. Like that means anything.

 

 

Anyway, we pull up to a small, picturesque roadside stand…

 

 

 

…which is “The Good Heart”…owned by Anna…and she specializes in homemade products of Santorini. Dimitrius hops out and rushes us over to the little stand, and we follow…not knowing what to expect.

 

 

Here we go....

 

 

Before we know it, Anna is handing us each a plate, where she’s placed some local specialties, including sundried tomatoes, caper leaves, blackberry jam and olives…and she has wine. Of course she does.

 

Don't judge based on presentation...it's all about the taste....

 

 

Remember the fabulous Barcelona Taste tour we did waaaaaaay back in Barcelona? Where we sampled various tapas?

 

Well, THIS was the Santorini Tapas Tour - and it was FREE!!!!!!!!! How much better can it GET???!!!

 

 

Oh my gosh…we dig in, and the verdict? Well. I’m not a good judge, as I hate tomatoes. The only GOOD tomato, in my opinion, is a tomato far, far away from me…but Anna’s sundried tomatoes? Wow. Delicious. In fact, Dimitrius tells us the story of the day he escorted The Food Network’s Giada De Laurentilis on a culinary tour of the island, and she was SO impressed by Anna’s sundried tomatoes, that she later featured them on one of her segments on TV.

 

 

And my opinion of olives is the same as tomatoes – in fact, if olives are ever presented on a plate intended for me, I have mastered and trademarked the sneaky maneuver known as the “Pick & Flick” – where I can magically make the dreaded olives (or tomatoes…or mushrooms, for that matter) disappear. But Anna’s olives? I had seconds. Which caused Hubby Mike to check the sky for flying pigs.

 

 

We’d no sooner finished our plates, when Anna comes out with little bags…that are full of pine nuts that have been drenched in honey and dipped in sesame seeds.

 

 

 

 

Holy guacamole, Batman! These things were the BOMB! Best things EVER. And washed down with Anna’s wine? Even better.

 

 

Initially a little hesitant...but they were good sports....

 

 

I’m proud of the Klingons. Some of them are a little finicky in their eating habits (and I bet you can’t guess where they get THAT from??!!), but they got into the spirit of things here and indulged, as well…

 

 

 

Anna, in turquoise, with all of us in her little shop....

 

 

We were having quite the party here in the boonies…but little did I know…it wasn’t over yet….

 

 

 

 

I can't wait for more, we will be in santorini in September and will be renting a car just my husband myself, can we stop at this little shop.

 

I'm dying to find out where you end up eating.

 

I also want to mention that you do reminder me of Stephanie plum. I have read all 18 books and loved everyone one. Thank you so much for all the time you awe putting into this.

 

Mary

Love your review. Can't wait for the rest of Athens and Santorini.....

 

You write so beautifully.

 

Mary